PDS In the News

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District Juveniles Will No Longer Be Routinely Shackled in Court

Apr 13, 2015

Federal Judge Orders Sweeping Reforms to D.C. Jail Conditions During COVID-19

Defense Attorneys Are the Best Line of Defense Against the COVID-19 Pandemic for Incarcerated People

The Washington Post

Local man (PDS Supervising Staff Attorney Jeffrey Stein) wins 2018 Marine Corps Marathon; 2015 winner takes women’s division

PDS Director Avis E. Buchanan Receives Servant of Justice Award

CNN

Charges Dropped in Chandra Levy Murder

The Washington Post

D.C. Lets Some People With Outstanding Warrants Do a ‘Safe Surrender’ at Court

The Washington Post

Forensic Errors Trigger Reviews of D.C. Crime Lab Ballistics Unit, Prosecutors Say

PDS Alumni Recognized as Top Lawyers in Washington, D.C. in the December 2020 Issue of Washingtonian

The Washington Post

Judge Blasts District Agency for Treatment of Defendants with Mental Illness (The Washington Post)

Washington Post

Authorities said video showed a man committed murder. He spent 13 days in jail before his defense team proved it didn’t.

Law Students in Court

PDS Director Avis E. Buchanan Receives the 2018 Law Students in Court Celebration of Service Award

D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as deadline looms.

Claire Blumenson, former PDS fellow and executive director and co-founder of the School Justice Project, to receive the University of Virginia School of Law's Shaping Justice Rising Star Award.

Avis E. Buchanan will be a co-recipient of the 2020 Servant of Justice Award by the Legal Aid Society of D.C.

Santae Tribble, whose wrongful conviction revealed FBI forensic hair match flaws, dies at 59

Judge orders emergency D.C. jail overhaul of medical, cleaning, ‘social distancing’ practices and defense lawyer access to stem coronavirus from The Washington Post

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Director Avis E. Buchanan receives Wiley A. Branton Award for her lifetime commitment to civil rights advocacy

History News Network

Thou Shalt Not Ration Justice

The Washington Post

The FBI's Flawed Justice

Washington Post (Editorial Board)

The District Police’s Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

400 Inmates to be Removed from DC Jail Facility After Inspection

Washington Post

A Familiar Story: D.C. Police Conduct Violent Home Raids Based on Scant Evidence

The Washington Post

District Juveniles Will No Longer Be Routinely Shackled in Court