Washington Letter April 2012

Federal Government

ABA Supports Uniform Standards for Disclosing Evidence in Federal Cases

Citing “wildly different policies” for disclosure of evidence in U.S. attorney offices around the country, ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III commended Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) last month for her leadership in introducing S. 2197, a bipartisan bill to help establish uniformity in evidence disclosure standards.