Realignment of the Pretrial Process

580 Coombs Street,Napa CA 94559

19 January, 2023

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Realignment of the Pretrial Process with Ronald H. Abernathy, Napa County Public Defender Sponsored by LWVNC’s Criminal Justice Committee Free and open to the public. Come and join in the conversation!                               Some topics will be: What does research say about the benefits of early access to a public defender?Does early access provide more opportunities for accused persons to understand their rights more fully?Does systemwide earlier access to counsel lead to decreased jail populations, fairer pretrial outcomes, and increased trust in the criminal legal system and its process?