For Immediate Release

	July 30, 2004 NBA ENDORSES ABA KENNEDY COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS MONDAY, JULY 30, 2004. Since submitting its testimony to the ABA Justice Kennedy Commission on the Criminal Justice System, the National Bar Association has been vigilant in following the developments emerging from this important Commission. During its upcoming Annual Meeting in Atlanta, the ABA House of Delegates will act on four Criminal Justice System Resolutions: Resolutions 121A Regarding Punishment, Incarceration and Sentencing; Resolution 121B Regarding Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System, Resolution 121C Regarding Clemency, Sentence Reduction, and Restoration of Rights; and, Resolution 121D Regarding Prison Conditions and Prisoner Reentry. In a letter to Chair of the Rules and Calendar Committee, Don Bivens, President Bailey requested that the NBA be listed as a co-sponsor on each of the four Resolutions. According to Bailey, "These matters are core concerns of the National Bar Association and the communities we serve." The National Bar Association, founded in 1925, is the nation's oldest and largest association of attorneys of color, representing a professional network of over 20,000 lawyers, judges, educators and law students. President Bailey's Co-sponsorship Letter (PDF) 258KB ABA Criminal Justice System Resolutions (PDF) 594KB