Eve Brensike Primus @PrimusEve
Prof. @UMichLaw (criminal procedure, evidence, habeas corpus); Trial/Appellate Public Defender; Director, MDefenders Program/Public Defender Training Institute law.umich.edu/FacultyBio/Pag… Ann Arbor, Michigan Joined November 2015-
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We’re seeking a Head Public Defender for a newly established Public Defender Office for the City of Harrisonburg/Rockingham County who is passionate about indigent criminal defense and dedicated to leading a team of legal professionals. To apply go to: bit.ly/43W6ZQ5
The Capital Appellate Defender Office is now accepting applications for a new Senior Assistant Capital Appellate Defender position! The office is located in Topeka, KS, but remote work friendly. Find info on this position (and other KS PD openings) here: sbids.org/jobopenings
Must read reporting by @radleybalko about the indigent defense delivery systems in Colorado, Connecticut, and Delaware: radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-states-o…
JOB ALERT: Come work with me! The MDefenders program @UMichLaw is hiring an assistant program director to help grow and expand our innovative programming to support public defense. Details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/247…. Please help me spread the word.
With all the discussion around Arizona's abortion law, a reminder that Arizona has one of the largest probation populations in the country. Courts often limit out-of-state travel for people on probation - meaning those seeking abortion/pregnancy care could end up out of luck.
Colorado’s Office of the State Public Defender is hiring a Deputy State Public Defender for its Appellate Division. Appellate attorneys are highly skilled at research, legal analysis, writing, and oral advocacy. Apply before April 30 at 11:59 p.m. MT: ow.ly/NFro50Rb1gr
Here's a recent ACLU brief to the Iowa Supreme Court on the use of rap lyrics in criminal cases. If you have such a case, please don't hesitate to reach out. aclu.org/cases/state-of…
Illinois Court of Appeals, 2-1, overturns gun possession conviction because there was insufficient evidence driver knew of the gun underneath the driver's seat cushioning—and also objects, this driver was clearly stopped for DWB, driving while back. ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resou… #N
What are states doing to regulate confessions beyond Miranda? Interesting forrthcoming article on this from @PrimusEve, made especially important if Miranda protections are on their way out. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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New @UMichLaw's #DataforDefenders: two pleadings that rely on social science to show how virtual/video hearings alter the perception of evidence and unfairly prejudice criminal defendants. Just search for virtual/video hearings 👇datafordefenders.org
Public Defenders: Are you interested in sample briefs and motions on topics like eyewitness memory, problems with racism and bias in the criminal legal system, and the use of unreliable "scientific" evidence? Check out @UMichLaw’s Data for Defenders site. datafordefenders.org
"That Officer Moses did not have a firm grasp of the conduct that constitutes loitering under the statute is clear." Del SCT overturns conviction for illegal possession of firearm because Terry stop for loitering was w/o reasonable suspicion. courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Downl… #N
New scholarship alert! Check out @UMichLaw’s very own Professor Eve Primus’s (@PrimusEve) research on the problematic structure of indigent defense delivery. Read the article here: buff.ly/43oyQIg #WomenAlsoKnowLaw
I'm running for Michigan Supreme Court as an experienced & impartial voice for access to justice, the rule of law, and respect before the court. I am eager and ready to serve the people of our state. Join the movement: electkimberlythomas.com
Are you a Black law student interested in public defense? Join us tomorrow at 6pm ET to learn more about our Law School Fellowship program: how to apply, the work Fellows will do this summer, and the bond that develops with each cohort. Register now: bpda.blackdefender.org/LawStudent2024
CA3, per Bibas: No QI for officer who misrepresented eyewitness testimony to get an arrest warrant. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/23109… #N
We're hiring a Director of Public Defense Recruitment and Retention to lead a coordinated, structural effort to recruit, hire, train, and develop current and future generations of public defenders and public defense team members. Please share widely nysda.org/page/NYSDAJobs
Officer sees parked car with lone person inside at park where a murder suicide had occurred. Officer activates emergency lights, approaches car. Driver rolls down window, marijuana is present. Held: 4A violated, community caretaking does not apply. kscourts.org/KSCourts/media… #N
Leah Litman @LeahLitman
83K Followers 2K Following Prof. @Umichlaw. Con law & fed courts. Cohost @StrictScrutiny_ co-founder @womenknowlaw. tweets about courts, democracy, my dog, Taylor Swift, & reality TV.
Michigan Law School @UMichLaw
29K Followers 1K Following The world needs lawyers. And Leaders. And Victors. This is where they are made.
Julian Davis Mortenso.. @jdmortenson
12K Followers 2K Following watch as she buckles and bends but never breaks
Orin Kerr @OrinKerr
124K Followers 5K Following Law professor at Cal @BerkeleyLaw. https://t.co/YtnBrArHj3
Alyssa Leader @alittleleader
35K Followers 3K Following public defender for kids and grown-ups | Cajun far from home | can guess your taylor swift era | she/her
Anthony Michael Kreis @AnthonyMKreis
70K Followers 10K Following Constitutional law professor, political scientist | Dawg & Tar Heel | Author of Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Dev. ⬇️
Beth Wilensky @bethwilensky
10K Followers 722 Following Legal writing professor @UMichLaw. #WilenskyOnStyle. Cardinals and cooking and kids oh my. See my pinned tweet to donate miles.
Bridget Mary McCormac.. @BridgetMaryMc
15K Followers 2K Following President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association. Retired Justice of the @MISupremeCt. Go Blue.
Rachel Barkow @RachelBarkow
26K Followers 1K Following NYU Law Prof and Faculty Director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Author of Prisoners of Politics (Harvard/Belknap).
Maybell Romero @MaybellRomero
11K Followers 1K Following Assoc. Prof. @TulaneLaw. Crim law/pro, rural legal systems, and sexual assault. Lawtina and FirstGen.
Richard Primus @Richard_Primus
11K Followers 85 Following Constitutional law prof @UMichLaw. Mr. @PrimusEve. Dad. Lover of ripe bananas and chocolate chip cookies. @richardprimus.bsky.social
Dan Deacon @danieltdeacon
3K Followers 2K Following Assistant Professor of Law (@UMichLaw), writing mostly about administrative law
Len Niehoff @LenNiehoff
2K Followers 517 Following Law professor interested in free speech, evidence, procedure, theology, poetry, martial arts, motorcycles, and the connections between these things.
Ekow N. Yankah @ekownyankah
7K Followers 1K Following Professor @umichlaw and @umphilosophy. Board member @Innocence. Criminal Law, Policing, Political Philosophy, sports and the odd cocktail moment.
Waqar Vick Rehman @WaqarVick
14K Followers 9K Following public defender (allegedly) ; slowly working towards public service loan forgiveness ; runner ; soccer fan ; bicycles over cars
areeba @uhhhreeba
1K Followers 1K Following Not Your Token Muslim Lawyer. UMich ‘16 & UMichLaw ‘20. Personal account. She/Her. Views my own. 🇵🇰
Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza
50K Followers 8K Following Founder & ED @PFJ_USA; relentless lawyer; sometimes @StanfordLaw, can drive a truck/trailer rig through places you shouldn't. Speaking in my personal capacity.
Scott Hershovitz @shershovitz
6K Followers 538 Following professor @umichlaw and @umphilosophy, editor @legaltheory, author of NASTY, BRUTISH, and SHORT: ADVENTURES IN PHILOSOPHY WITH KIDS and LAW IS A MORAL PRACTICE
alexandra j. roberts @lexlanham
21K Followers 7K Following professor of law & media at @nusl & @nu_camd teaching & writing on IP, trademarks, ads, entertainment law, MLMs; @nuslclic fellow (she/her)
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Brittany Deitch @brittany_deitch
519 Followers 596 Following Assistant Prof @CapitalLaw teaching Crim. Writing on punishment. Former VAP @Villanova_Law. Former fellow @Harvard_Law. #FirstGen. Enthusiastic Cat Person.
Noam Shemtov @ShemtovNoam
142 Followers 1K Following
Clayton James Perkins @ClaytonJamesPe1
87 Followers 255 Following Board game enthusiast, nerd, capital appellate defender. Opinions are my own. (He / Him).
olivia @oliviakr128
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Charles T. Clark @bycharlesclark
1K Followers 565 Following University of Michigan Law student | former columnist with The San Diego Union-Tribune | Check on the habitual line-steppers.
James @anonymous_84321
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Phil @Philopoemen_
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2K Followers 2K Following Law Professor @robsonhall via @LawMcGill (LL.M, DCL), @newenglandlaw (JD) and @concordiahist (BA, MA). Photographer. Posts & RTs ≠ Endorsements
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MedlawNerd @medlawnerd
93 Followers 136 Following I’m a doctoral graduate student who plans on going to medical and law school in future. I want to teach premeds/prelaw students how to learn more effectively 🩷
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Mikal Frazier @MikalFrazier1
249 Followers 1K Following Media Relations Coordinator Volunteer Texas Death Row Wrongly Convicted Prisoner Ivan Cantu
Eli Massey @EliJMassey
3K Followers 825 Following Future Public Defender. Former contributing editor @Curaffairs.
何勇刚 @iamhyg
61 Followers 1K Following
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ThatAintJustice @thataintjustice
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Kelly Roskam @KellyEWRoskam
874 Followers 1K Following Director of Law and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
cheryl @coachcheryl20
6 Followers 140 Following
MaximallyEntangled @seran72
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Zanyar Mansoubi @ZMansoubi
12 Followers 25 Following Law Student, Chemical Engineer, Economics Enthusiast.
JACK2024 @OohWah90
598 Followers 3K Following #VoteBlue #LawTwitter Loves puns and funny animal and baby videos. Football and baseball fan Attorney
Maggie Turner @mmturner30
18 Followers 119 Following
Laura Abelson @lauragabelson
85 Followers 201 Following Current Fellow @QuattroneCenter @PennLaw. Former federal public defender (Maryland). Writing on Crim/Crim Pro/Sentencing.
Brandon Morrissey @brandmorrissey
871 Followers 3K Following PhD candidate in Sociology @ NCSU | JD @ Rutgers Law | Courts, crime, and community | Horror in my free time | #ActuallyAutistic | He/Him | 🏳️🌈
Jason Solomon @jasonsolomon_
654 Followers 2K Following Director, National Institute for Workers’ Rights. Educator, lawyer, idealist and realist.
Nila Bala @ProfNila
933 Followers 791 Following Acting Prof of Law @ UC Davis | Recovering public defender | Slavic a cappella singer.
chaotic wastrel @ChaoticWastrel
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Angelo Petrigh @APetrigh
186 Followers 332 Following Clinical Associate Professor @BU_Law, previously public defender @bronxdefenders 🇵🇸 he/him
SAVE ORPHANS AID PROJ.. @SWorld55106
16 Followers 1K Following Save Orphans Aid Project(SOAP)Uganda. Outreach Community Children Orphans from door to door while lack school supplies, clothing,items/ kind support-James1:27
Jeff Rose @JeffRose8
1K Followers 1K Following Deep-seated Progressive. Dad of 3. Political activist.
Holber @HolberMallowe
118 Followers 5K Following
Caleb J Horn @HornCalebJ
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A Real Litigator, Not.. @meka72
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Jenn Burrill @JennBurrill
3K Followers 4K Following Defender of Justice - commuting between Twitter & Bsky
Jessica Williams Cast.. @JessicaCastleb1
275 Followers 3K Following OBGYN. UGA 2006, MCG 2010, MCG 2014. One either contracts or one does not; there is no “Braxton-Hicks.” HBTFD
Michigan Law School @UMichLaw
29K Followers 1K Following The world needs lawyers. And Leaders. And Victors. This is where they are made.
Julian Davis Mortenso.. @jdmortenson
12K Followers 2K Following watch as she buckles and bends but never breaks
Orin Kerr @OrinKerr
124K Followers 5K Following Law professor at Cal @BerkeleyLaw. https://t.co/YtnBrArHj3
KSV @KSVesq
39K Followers 901 Following Mother of dragons. Color commentary for @steve_vladeck. Lawyer turned legal recruiter. Tweets my own and almost certainly sarcastic.
Beth Wilensky @bethwilensky
10K Followers 722 Following Legal writing professor @UMichLaw. #WilenskyOnStyle. Cardinals and cooking and kids oh my. See my pinned tweet to donate miles.
Bridget Mary McCormac.. @BridgetMaryMc
15K Followers 2K Following President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association. Retired Justice of the @MISupremeCt. Go Blue.
Rachel Barkow @RachelBarkow
26K Followers 1K Following NYU Law Prof and Faculty Director of the Zimroth Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Author of Prisoners of Politics (Harvard/Belknap).
Maybell Romero @MaybellRomero
11K Followers 1K Following Assoc. Prof. @TulaneLaw. Crim law/pro, rural legal systems, and sexual assault. Lawtina and FirstGen.
Richard Primus @Richard_Primus
11K Followers 85 Following Constitutional law prof @UMichLaw. Mr. @PrimusEve. Dad. Lover of ripe bananas and chocolate chip cookies. @richardprimus.bsky.social
Len Niehoff @LenNiehoff
2K Followers 517 Following Law professor interested in free speech, evidence, procedure, theology, poetry, martial arts, motorcycles, and the connections between these things.
Ekow N. Yankah @ekownyankah
7K Followers 1K Following Professor @umichlaw and @umphilosophy. Board member @Innocence. Criminal Law, Policing, Political Philosophy, sports and the odd cocktail moment.
Waqar Vick Rehman @WaqarVick
14K Followers 9K Following public defender (allegedly) ; slowly working towards public service loan forgiveness ; runner ; soccer fan ; bicycles over cars
Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza
50K Followers 8K Following Founder & ED @PFJ_USA; relentless lawyer; sometimes @StanfordLaw, can drive a truck/trailer rig through places you shouldn't. Speaking in my personal capacity.
Scott Hershovitz @shershovitz
6K Followers 538 Following professor @umichlaw and @umphilosophy, editor @legaltheory, author of NASTY, BRUTISH, and SHORT: ADVENTURES IN PHILOSOPHY WITH KIDS and LAW IS A MORAL PRACTICE
Carissa Byrne Hessick @CBHessick
24K Followers 2K Following Criminal law professor at the University of North Carolina. Director of the Prosecutors and Politics Project (@ppp_unc). Author of "Punishment Without Trial."
Matthew Segal @segalmr
19K Followers 2K Following Civil Rights Lawyer | Professor of the Practice @ Tufts | Personal Views | Not Legal Advice | segalmr . bsky . social
Megan Stevenson @MeganTStevenson
7K Followers 984 Following economist & legal scholar studying criminal justice. UVA law prof. w/long covid. research: https://t.co/kkj5xtHIjg
Dustin Johnston @DJPhotoVideo
6K Followers 2K Following Digital and social media at @UMichLaw. Formerly at @UMichPath. Also photo basketball for @umhoops & football for @maizenbrew.
Diana @artemis_nieves
12K Followers 3K Following Public Defender | #1U | Don’t Talk To Cops | Opinions Mine Alone | https://t.co/oOofjl1OAZ
Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior
21K Followers 992 Following Senior VP @CatoInstitute / Constitutional & Legal Studies. Bane of bureaucrats & lover of liberty. https://t.co/w2vtdwOakU
Nashville Defenders @nash_defenders
915 Followers 524 Following Zealous representation and the fight for equal justice for the indigent accused. Posting of 3rd party content on Nashville Defenders Twitter pg ≠ endorsement.
Indiana Public Defend.. @IndianaDefender
51 Followers 99 Following IPDC is dedicated to assisting criminal defense attorneys and improving the quality of indigent representation across all 92 Indiana counties.
Lori James-Townes @ljdeltalove
97 Followers 36 Following
Tracie Olson @TracieOlsonPD
1K Followers 2K Following Chief Public Defender of Yolo County (for identification purposes) Delivering Justice #TheYoloWay. #FundPublicDefense. #BlackLivesMatter.
Jeffrey Burlew @JeffBurlew
7K Followers 490 Following Mild-mannered reporter / Tallahassee Democrat / @TDOnline / @USAToday Network / Florida by way of Kentucky.
Contra Costa Public D.. @cocodefender
391 Followers 223 Following The Office of the Public Defender is dedicated to ensuring justice for indigent persons accused of crimes in Contra Costa County.
Quattrone Center @QuattroneCenter
2K Followers 524 Following A national research and policy hub at @PennLaw created to catalyze long-term structural improvements to the US criminal justice system.
Cook County Public De.. @CookCoDefender
2K Followers 892 Following We protect the fundamental rights, liberties and dignity of each person whose case has been entrusted to us by providing the finest legal representation.
ZLS.app @zls_app
131 Followers 1K Following ZLS Advocacy & Productivity Platform, Revolutionizing the Case Management System for Public Defenders
Jonathan Coumes @JonMCoumes
178 Followers 336 Following Public Defender in Pittsburgh if I pass the bar; host of the still-on-hiatus podcast Safe for Democracy; probably a freelancer for life.
Sam Mancina @SamMancina
41 Followers 484 Following Lawyer, Michigan native, Detroit sports fan. Tweets my own.
Maryland Defenders Un.. @MDDefenderUnion
1K Followers 1K Following Representing workers at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. Raising our voices, fighting injustice. Local 423, Council 3 @AFSCMEMaryland #BLM✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Brad Haywood @BradleyRHaywood
4K Followers 1K Following Founder of @JusticeFwdVa; Public Defender for Arlington County & Falls Church, VA. This is my personal account.
Lisa Washington @SLisaWashington
2K Followers 1K Following Assistant Professor @WisconsinLaw Former Hastie & public defender @bronxdefenders | Anti-carceral feminism, evidence, crim pro, & the Lakers
Metropolitan Public D.. @mpdlaw1
323 Followers 345 Following On the cutting edge of public defense since 1971.
UMich ITS @umichTECH
7K Followers 1K Following Information & Technology Services supporting @UMich #LeadersAndBest with all their technology needs. #UMichTECH #MichiganIT @umichARC
Michelle Adams @mvadams12
1K Followers 199 Following Professor @CardozoLaw. Scholarship focused on affirmative action, race and sex discrimination, school segregation and housing law.
Criminal Law & Justic.. @BerkeleyLawCLJC
323 Followers 25 Following Striving to transform the criminal legal system by centering the lived experience of communities most directly affected.
BILL NOAKES @wnoakes
3K Followers 2K Following Public Defender | former AF JAG | Former Assoc Independent Counsel | ND | U Chicago Law |Perkins School of Theology | #lawtwitter [email protected]
Steven A Drizin @SDrizin
24K Followers 547 Following Co-Director@NorthwesternCWC; Clinical Law Prof @NorthwesternLaw; Writes abt. police interrogations, false confessions & wrongful convictions #MakingaMurderer
LA County Public Defe.. @lapubdef
1K Followers 525 Following First indigent client-centered criminal defense firm in the nation. Providing a beacon for revolutionary changes in the criminal legal system.
Salome Viljoen @salome_viljoen_
4K Followers 1K Following assistant prof @UMichLaw || I think about how the law thinks about data
Santa Ono @SantaJOno
57K Followers 831 Following 15th President of @UMich. Chair of the UMich Health Board, President Emeritus of @UBC. 28th President of @UofCincy. #GoBlue!
Julian Arato @AratoJulian
2K Followers 1K Following Professor of Law @UMichLaw. Chair @AcadForumISDS. International law, trade, investment, globalization, contracts etc @[email protected]
Public Defenseless Po.. @PDefenselessPod
3K Followers 1K Following Dedicated to highlighting America's Public Defender and Criminal Legal Systems. New Episodes every Tues/Thurs wherever you listen to podcasts!
Chris Walker @chris_j_walker
7K Followers 2K Following Law Prof @UMichLaw (formerly @OSU_Law), @ABAAdLaw past chair, @YaleJREG blogger, #adlaw nerd, dad of four My scholarship is here: https://t.co/a7oaQESUz9
Rachel Rothschild @ProfRRothschild
896 Followers 345 Following Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk
2K Followers 3K Following Asst Prof of Law/Youth Defender Clinic @UofSCLaw. Past: @LSULawCenter @DeathPenaltyWW & @PhillyDefenders. Crim law. Human rights. Usual disclaimers. she/her
Tony Naro - NH Crimin.. @TNaro
219 Followers 365 Following Criminal Defense Attorney in NH. Married to the love of my life. Proud father.
Jack Chin @GJackChin
1K Followers 2K Following Prof @UCDavisLaw. Asian Am legal history. BLM. Anti-racist criminal justice. @UAW alum Hypo: Progressive prosecution exists. Papers here: https://t.co/TcZ8Jtaijk PVO
Jacob Muller @KingMuller916
83 Followers 153 Following Public Defender who will mostly tweet about the Sacramento Kings
Benjamin Levin @hashtagblevin
2K Followers 1K Following Law Professor @WashULaw; teaches criminal law & procedure; papers at https://t.co/9fj7YZOrD4
Civil Rights CH @CivilRightsCH
1K Followers 208 Following The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, at the University of Michigan Law School, organizes and posts information from U.S. civil rights cases.
Chris Welsh @ChrisWEsq
440 Followers 1K Following Delco Public Defender. There is no us and them, just us. Standing on the margins.
Aya Gruber @ayagruber
5K Followers 950 Following Feminist law prof, former public defender, biracial Asian, cat 😻 person. Author of The Feminist War on Crime (history and analysis of carceral feminism)
Rachel Philips @rachelbusygrl
2K Followers 5K Following Lawyer, consultant, investigator, writer, producer, dog lover, former pd. NOLA born & raised.⚜ Portland-based. Executive Producer: Meet Saint Paul documentary.
Partners for Justice @PFJ_USA
4K Followers 626 Following Breaking the cycle of poverty and criminalization in America. Donate to our Client Fund today. https://t.co/70syNcoUlm
Ben Kamisar @bkamisar
6K Followers 7K Following National Political reporter @NBCPolitics / Political Unit. @northwesternU grad. Sandwiches are the great equalizer.
Kassius Benson @KassiusBenson
1K Followers 1K Following Criminal Defense Lawyer. Defender. Fighter. Fearless. BlackLivesMatter.
Tiffany Jeffers @LawProfTJ
6K Followers 3K Following Wife | Mom | @GeorgetownLaw Professor. Food as Fuel + Movement as Medicine ❤️ Dismantling systems of oppression w/ advocacy & love 🙏🏾 @spelmancollege alumna
Aaron Littman @aaronlittman
3K Followers 5K Following assistant professor and faculty director of prisoners’ rights clinic @UCLA_Law and deputy director @uclaprisondata
Brent Getty @BrentGetty
275 Followers 733 Following Client Voice Amplifier | Former Public Defender | Late Blooming Abolitionist | Aspiring Ally | Opinions Are My Own | He/His/Him
Amita Maram @AmitaMaram
47 Followers 294 FollowingCongrats to Attorney David Sherbo-Huggins (appeal) on yesterday’s Oregon Court of Appeals decision in State v Muniz! Court says prosecutor’s statements in closing arguments so prejudicial they denied defendant of right to a fair trial. Reversed & remanded! Washington county case:
This is a great decision, of course, but consider how outrageous it is that charges for which a person was *acquitted* were *ever* used in calculating their sentencing guideline range in the first place.
USSC voted unanimously to prohibit federal acquitted conduct from being used in calculating the federal sentencing guideline range, as well as other reforms relating to gun and financial crimes.
More excellent reporting from Quattrone Center journalism fellow @radleybalko as he continues his series by evaluating the #indigentdefense systems of Colorado, Connecticut, and Delaware. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-states-o…
Very helpful spreadsheet from @steve_vladeck. Thought I would combine it with a specialized spreadsheet to track the Court's Fourth Amendment cases.
Here's my messy spreadsheet tracking #SCOTUS's merits cases during its current term, updated for the two decisions that the justices handed down this morning. Among other things, you can see the (unsurprising) stacking up of pending decisions in "major" cases:
Started off day one of our Second Annual BIDS conference with an inspiring lecture on public defenders role in Justice reform by @NAPD2013 Executive Director Lori James-Townes!
Congrats to Zann Ballsun-Simms and Cam Williams of the Arlington Public Defender’s Office on yet ANOTHER jury acquittal!
This Friday, the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence will consider @BellinJ’s proposal to reform Rule 609. Put simply, it’s excellent. And, if adopted, the amendment would constitute the most significant improvement to the Federal Rules in decades. A (long) 🧵
kmbc.com/article/attorn… There are dozens of cases of innocents who falsely confess to killing loved ones. The impact of a suspect's trauma on their ability to withstand interrogation can't be understated. I can't wait for an article I'm co-writing on the subject to come out.
This thread by @maxamillianlevy is an incredible account of Aurora City Council's effort to privatize public defense. The city council is willing to stop prosecuting DV so they can get rid of the office. Never thought I'd see Abolition from this council but they hate PD that much
As an addendum to this story, I wanted to write a long-ish thread about the Aurora Public Defender’s Office privatization saga, which is heating up again and now promises to touch even more of our municipal justice system. 🧵 sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora-l…
Big 4th Amendment case from the Colorado Supreme Court, People v. Seymour. Police obtained suspect's Google search history from Google. Court: "users own their Google content"—not Google. Police copying the suspect's data was a 4th Amendment "seizure." casetext.com/case/people-v-…
The Office of Alternate Defense Counsel is hiring a Holistic Defense Coordinator to develop and implement holistic policies and procedures. This role reports directly to the Executive Director. Apply by 11:59 pm on April 15: ow.ly/84u850Rb1pB
Professor Lauren Sudeall (@lsudeall) has been named the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at @vanderbiltlaw! Big congratulations! #WomenAlsoKnowLaw
Impressed and inspired by the thoughtfulness, detail & creativity of the final presentations delivered by my #AccesstoJustice #VLS students in our last class today - and by the personalized bracelets they gifted me 💛 Thank you for a fantastic semester! #lovemyjob @vanderbiltlaw
Honored to be named as the newest David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law @vanderbiltlaw at today's investiture ceremony -- grateful for such wonderful colleagues and this phenomenal VU community!
In June 2001, Stephen Bright told Senators: "Having any lawyer in town represent someone in a death penalty case is sort of like if someone in town needs brain surgery and you say, 'well we don't have any brain surgeons in this town but there's a chiropractor down the street.'"
Good news for 5 N.C. teens who confessed to the murder of Chris Paul's grandfather Nathaniel Jones in 2002. They just won a hearing in which experts will testify that teenagers are especially vulnerable to giving false confessions when pressured by police. theassemblync.com/newsletter/chr…
Today, Excessive Punishment: How the Justice System Creates Mass Incarceration was released by @ColumbiaUP. This anthology explores & reimagines the U.S. justice system: cup.columbia.edu/book/excessive…. In End Mandatory Minimums, I call for a paradigm shift rather than a pendulum swing:
My @ACLU colleague Bridget Lavender and I wrote about the use of rap lyrics against criminal defendants 👇
Should prosecutors be able to use violent song lyrics as evidence that a person has committed a crime? Excited to share a new #StateCourtReport analysis by Bridget Lavender & @segalmr about using rap lyrics in criminal trials, including a recent IA case. statecourtreport.org/our-work/analy…
What are states doing to regulate confessions beyond Miranda? Interesting forrthcoming article on this from @PrimusEve, made especially important if Miranda protections are on their way out. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Happy to report that my article "Public Defense and an Abolitionist Ethic" has found a home with @nyulawreview. Looking forward to working with the law review's phenomenal editors to get it into print. Thanks to the many who have provided wonderful feedback. SSRN coming soon!
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