Due Process Protections Act Enacted Into Law
By EsqSocial Corporation 29/10/20
On October 21, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the Due Process Protections Act, S. 1380, which provides additional protections for criminal defendants’ due process right to receive material exculpatory evidence from prosecutors before trial under Brady v. Maryland.1 Specifically, the law amends Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5 to require federal district courts to issue, “on the first scheduled court date . . . an oral and written order . . . that confirms the disclosure obligation of...
By: Dechert LLP