Minority Justice Implementation Committee Meeting
Scheduled on Thursday, November 16, 2017 @ 10:00 AM
Agenda
Minority Justice Implementation Committee
November 16, 2017 10:00 a.m. Call to Order ND Supreme Court Training Center (1st Floor), Room 133/Sheyenne River Room State Capitol, Bismarck and GoTo Meeting (phone and computer participation)
Minority Justice Implementation Committee
Current Items:
1.Approval of August 24, 2017 Minutes
2.Juror payment - debit card
3.Bail bond practices and bond schedules
4.Subcommittee assignments
5.Updates:
· Race and ethnicity data collection pilot project
· ND POST Board training recommendation
· Comments from Fargo Juvenile Court Cultural Liasion Sailesh Pokharel
· Limited Scope Representation Forms and education – status
Materials:
· August 24, 2017 meeting minutes (meeting materials p. 1-4)
· Juror payment – debit cardo Jury News Article (meeting materials p. 5-7)· Bail bond practices and bond schedules
o Memo regarding electronic payment cards (meeting materials p. 8-15)
o JPMorgan Accused of Nickel-and-Diming Jurors on Debit Cards – Big Law Business Article (meeting materials p. 16-17)o Memo: Bail bond practices and bond schedules (meeting materials p. 18-20)· Comments from Fargo Juvenile Court Cultural Liasion Sailesh Pokharel (meeting materials p. 143-144)§SCJD bond schedule (meeting materials p. 21-22)o N.D.R.Crim.Pro. Rule 46 (meeting materials p. 37-43)
§Nelson and Grand Forks County bond schedule (meeting materials p. 23-24)
§Cass County bond schedule (meeting materials p. 25)
§Fargo Municipal bond schedule (meeting materials p. 26-33)
§NCJD bond schedule (meeting materials p. 34-35)
§NWJD bond schedule (meeting materials p. 36)
o Judge in Houston Strikes Down Harris County’s Bail System – NY Times (meeting materials p. 44-47)
o Odonnell v. Harris County, TX, 251 F.Supp.3d 1052 (2017) (meeting materials p. 48-138)
o The Constitutionality of Bond Schedules – NCSC article (meeting materials p. 139-142)