The National Defender Investigator Association (NDIA) is the only international organization to represent a constituency dedicated solely to the investigative arm of indigent defense.
2010 NDIA Regional Conference in
Savannah,Georgia
Don't Miss It!
NDIA Members in the Southeastern Region:
DO NOT FORGET TO REGISTER for the upcoming 2010 NDIA Regional Conference in gorgeous Savannah, Georgia! It is a invaluable opportunity to gain additional investigative training and network with your fellow investigators and paralegals. The latter can be extremely important when you need to reach out for investigative assistance.
We are proud to announce the following sponsors for the Savannah Conference:
These companies will be displaying their wares at the Conference, so make sure you stop by and browse, and then thank them for their sponsorship!
As you know, Savannah, the Southern Belle of the Georgia Coast, is a fantastic place to visit, offering interesting historical tours, fabulous architecture, and fine dining. We have included a brief video tour of Savannah below to entice you with the sites and sounds of one of the South's best points of interest. So take a look, and then go to the 2010 Regional Conference announcement immediately below the video to get more information and register today! We look forward to seeing you there!
2010 NDIA Regional Conference
The 2010 Regional Conference will take place in beautiful Savannah, GA.
The 2010 Regional Conference will be from September 9 through September 10, 2010. The Hyatt Regency Savannah is located across the river from Hutchison Island in lovely Savannah, GA, only a short distance from the Georgia-South Carolina border. The government per diem rate will be $106 for single or double occupancy per night (plus tax).
To register for the conference, please see below for a link to the 2010 NDIA Regional Conference Registration form. It is important that all attendees book their rooms directly through the Hyatt Regency. To book rooms, please use the link below to contact the Hyatt Regency directly. Be sure to indicate you are with the NDIA in order to get the $106 per diem rate.
There is no shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. Taxi service is approximately $30 one way.
If you have any questions call Beverly Davidson at the NDIA office 860-635-5533.
The NDIA wishes to extend our deepest thanks to Forensic Magazine, which has allowed us to reprint one of their recent articles for the upcoming September 2010 edition of the Eagle's Eye. The article, entitled, "RFID In Forensics: What is it and what will it do?" by Randy Nagy, Andrew Singer, and Gordon Fraser, discusses the new use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to keep "an electronic chain-of-custody from the crime scene to the courtroom."
If you have never had the privilege of reading Forensic magazine, you check it out here. You can get your free electronic subscription by going here.
Please stop by their website and subscribe to support their efforts. And, yes, we qualify for subscription because I have one myself. --James Tarter
NDIA 2010 Elections
The NDIA will hold elections this year for the Area Director positions on the Board of Directors. The following positions will be on the ballot:
Northeast Area Director
Southeast Area Director
Midwest Area Director
West Area Director
All elections will be for a two (2) year term commencing January 1, 2011. Interested candidates should forward a Letter of Intent and three (3) Letters of Nomination from eligible members in good standing, to the Secretary/Treasurer no later than August 15, 2010.
All candidates for the Board and all persons nominating a person for the board positions listed above must be either a Regular or Retired member in good standing of the NDIA. Candidates and those nominating must be members of NDIA. All members in good standing are eligible to vote.
A statement of intent from the candidate accompanied by three (3) letters of nomination must be received by the NDIA Secretary/Treasurer Dave Young, no later than August 15, 2010. The letter of intent and all nomination documents must be original documents with original signatures. Copied, facsimile or email documents will not be accepted and render the candidate ineligible. The Secretary/Treasurer shall not review potential candidate’s submissions until on or after 12:01 am, August 16, 2010. The eligibility of all potential candidates shall be verified by the Secretary/Treasurer no later than September 1, 2010.
Please mail to:
Dave Young
NDIA
PO Box 216
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
Please limit Letters of Intent to one page so they can be included on the backside of ballots. Ballots for contested races will be sent out no later than October 1, 2010. Letters of Intent will be published in September’s edition of the Eagles Eye and on the web site.
NDIA depends on members volunteering their time to further the mission of the Association. Members considering running for a position on the Board are encouraged to talk to the current Board members about the responsibilities of serving.
Beverly Davidson, NDIA Executive Secretary
NDIA Donates $1,015 To The Las Vegas Branch Of U.S. Vets
NDIA Member Herb Duzant-left receives a Certificate of Appreciation from Program Manager Larry Williams-right.
On May 14, 2010, the NDIA donated the $1,015 raised by our members at the 2010 Las Vegas Conference's President's Reception's auction to the Las Angeles Branch of the U.S. Vets Program. The program's sole purpose is "the successful reintegration of homeless and at-risk veterans." The U.S. Vets Program thanks all NDIA members for their charitable giving. Herb Duzant, a NDIA member from the Federal Public Defender's Office in Las Vegas, acted as NDIA liaison, and gave the check for the donation to Larry Williams. In return, the Las Vegas U.S. Vets Program sent the following thank you letter [see below] to all NDIA members and presented Duzant with a Certificate of Appreciation [see below]. To view both the thank you letter and the certificate, please click the following links.
The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics announced that from October 2008 to December 2009, 4.4 prison inmates and 3.1percent of jail inmates self-report that they have been sexually abused by another inmate or staff member in the past year. Those percentages translate to 88,500 inmates per year, higher than previously predicted.
To read the Bureau of Justice Statistics' findings, go here.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN JURY SELECTION REMAINS WIDESPREAD, ACCORDING TO NEW EJI STUDY
Source: Equal Justice Initiative
June 22, 2010
Update: Civil rights leaders, community organizations, and policymakers are responding to EJI's report calling for enforcement of anti-discrimination law in jury selection.
Nearly 135 years after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection, people of color continue to be excluded from jury service because of their race, especially in serious criminal trials and death penalty cases. EJI on June 1, 2010, released a new report, “Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy,” which is the most comprehensive study of racial bias in jury selection since the United States Supreme Court tried to limit the practice in Batson v. Kentuckyin 1986...
To read more of this summary of the report, click here.
To watch the videos "Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy" or "Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: The Earl McGahee Case", click on the Youtube videos below:
ILLEGAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN JURY SELECTION: A CONTINUING LEGACY
ILLEGAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN JURY SELECTION: THE EARL MCGAHEE CASE
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"This American Life", hosted by Ira Glass, appears on Showtime and may be heard on NPR. The show contains a series of true stories told by those who have experienced them. The show lasts approximately one hour and usually contain a prologue and three acts. Below are a few shows concerning crime, crime scenes, crime stories, and DNA evidence, which may be of interest. They may also be found in the "This American Life" archives.
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi's New Nationwide
Public Service Announcement Aimed at Constitutional Rights Awareness
Jeff Adachi, the San Francisco Public Defender, is at it again...promoting justice and awareness of one's rights. This time he has teamed with Tom Donald Films to produce a 30 second video/public service announcement (PSA) entitled "Innocent Until Proven Guilty", which is aimed at reminding people of their constitutional right of presumed innocence. The film is a part of a national campaign Adachi has launched recently.
According to the San Francisco Bay News, Adachi says “In this PSA we are trying to get people to reflect about their own possible biases and racial profiling. It’s a reminder that nationality, race or sexual orientation doesn’t matter – everyone has a right to be judged individually.”
To view Adachi's Introduction and "Innocent Until Proven Guilty", click on the Youtube videos below:
Jeff Adachi's Introduction to "Innocent Until Proven Guilty"
Missouri and several other states followed the federal government's lead in creating such disparitiesdecades ago, but now federal law has changed and ...
CHICAGO — Chicago's police chief has been the focus of criticism in recent days for calling a meeting with reputed gang leaders. But police Superintendent ...
BY AP SPRINGFIELD — The issue of whether Missouri's public defender system ... The MissouriPublic Defender Commission had appealed a judge's decision that ...
Public defenders are asking Judge William Carpenter Jr. to toss out ... When recalled to the stand late Wednesday, public defender Dean Johnson asked ...
His statement came during oral arguments by federal Deputy Public Defender Michael Pescetta in the case of Robert Ybarra Jr., who was sentenced to death in ..
LOUIS (St. Louis Public Radio) - Public defenders in Missouri have warned for years that they have too many cases. This summer the State Public Defender's...
Joseph Van Heest, right, standing beside his wife, Judy, is sworn in as the new public defender for Tuscaloosa County by Judge Charles Malone inside the ...
No parking will be lost as the manufactured building where the Public Defenders Office now stands will be removed and that area will be converted to parking ...
Facing a first-degree murder charge for the 2007 killing of a Thompson drug dealer, Heickert tried hiring a private lawyer through Legal Aid Manitoba, ...
The ruling is likely to be contested soon: the District of Columbia Circuit has decided in a separate case that extended GPS tracking is an invasion of ...
APRIL 2011 28-29:NDIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE Hyatt Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, CA
OTHER
INVESTIGATOR
CONFERENCES
AUGUST 2010 11-14: NACDL--NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
Annual Meeting
Sheraton Centre Toronto
Toronto, Canada Seminar Details
19-21: TALI--TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED INVESTIGATORS
Annual Conference
Omni Hotel
Houston, TX Seminar Details
SEPTEMBER 2010
22-26: W.A.D.--WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DETECTIVES
85th Annual Conference
Corinthia St. George Bay Marina Hotel at Corinthia Beach Resort
Republic of Malta www.WAD.net
23-25: CALI--CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED INVESTIGATORS
Annual Conference
Westin South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, CA Seminar Details
23-25: PPIAC--PROFESSIONAL PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO
Rocky Mountain Private Investigator Conference
Black Hawk, CO Conference Details
28-29: PALI--PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF LICENSED INVESTIGATORS
OCTOBER 2010 12-15: The CDITC: The Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council
32 Hour Training Program
Courtyard Hutchison Island Beachfront
10978 South Ocean Drive
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
(772) 229-1000 www.defenseinvestigator.com
22-26: BAIL USA
Annual Convention
Green Valley Ranch Resort
Henderson, NV Conference Details
22-23: LPDAM--LICENSED PRIVATE DETECTIVES ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS