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Reports & Studies

Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Program

Below are the reports issued by the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the CJA Program. Reports included are the 2017 Final Report, the Executive Summary of the report, and the Interim Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee. Visit the Committee's website.

Freedom Denied: How the Culture of Detention Created a Federal Jailing Crisis

Access the comprehensive report and national investigation of federal pretrial detention conducted by Professor Alison Siegler and the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic. The Freedom Denied report website can be accessed.

Access a .pdf version of the 2022 Freedom Denied Report.

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Report to the President: Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods
2016 Report by the Executive of the President, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Other Plans, Guides and Reports by the U.S. Courts