Yesterday, with outstanding help from Proskauer Rose, our Duke Law students in the Amicus Lab (Nita Farahany and I teach the course) filed an amicus brief on behalf of a remarkable group of signatories in the case of Bryan v…. Continue Reading →
Judge Edelman’s ruling in the Tibbs case was just published. The Judge described the motion by the defense as follows: In this case, the defense raised and extensively litigated its objection to the government’sproffer of expert testimony regarding firearms and… Continue Reading →
Law & Science Amicus Brief Project at Duke Law Professors Nita Farahany and Brandon Garrett will be teaching in Fall 2019 a course in which Duke law students will work on a series of amicus briefs raising appellate issues at… Continue Reading →
I discuss recent CSAFE research on how jurors evaluate proficiency of fingerprint experts – a new paper co-authored with Greg Mitchell, on the great Double Loop podcast – here – “Eric and Glenn return from a couple weeks off of… Continue Reading →
This new piece is not about forensic science, really, but rather risk assessment in sentencing for low-risk offenders, the latest in a series of studies – with John Monahan and Alex Jakubow – Judicial Reliance on Risk Assessment in Sentencing… Continue Reading →
Clifford Speigelman and Bill Tobin In a series of columns in the Austin American Statesman, as well as in our scientific and legal writings, we have indicated that the efficacies of various forensic practices have been greatly overstated in judicial… Continue Reading →
Watch the video of the event, part of a CSAFE conference at Duke Law, here. What are the stakes when forensics go wrong? Keith Harward tells his story: he was exonerated by DNA testing, but spent 33 years in prison… Continue Reading →
Archie Williams was released last week after spending 36 years in prison in Louisiana. Williams was exonerated based on fingerprint evidence – which excluded him at his initial trial – but only years later implicated another person – who committed… Continue Reading →
In August, Judge Inman of the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued an opinion in State v. Evans, upholding the conviction of the defendant for several drug charges relating to his alleged operation of a marijuana growing farm in Iredell… Continue Reading →
This episode of the UofGLaw Podcast features a guest lecture by Professor Brandon L Garrett, who visited the School on 29 January. Brandon L Garrett is a Professor of Law at Duke University, where his research focuses on the US criminal… Continue Reading →
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