Jessamyn Chmura ’26 and @danielmedwed.bsky.social have co-authored “The Devil is in the Debris” in the University of Pittsburgh Law Review — the first known examination of forensic fire debris analysis in wrongful convictions, identifying 17 overturned cases.

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In our latest In My Opinion piece, @danielmedwed.bsky.social, a leading authority on criminal law & wrongful convictions, examines how a proposed one-word change to the Federal Rules of Evidence could meaningfully shift the odds for criminal defendants. magazine.law.northeastern.edu/in-my-opinio...

Teal background with white text reading: Carolina Academic Press wishes to honor our authors recognized as 2025 Teachers of the Year for their law schools

Tan background with teal text reading: 2025 Teachers of the Year: Scott R. Bauries university of south carolina, joseph f. rice school of law, Kristen M. Blankley university of nebraska college of law, Ann Ching arizona state university, sandra day o'connor college of law, Timothy Davis wake forest university school of law, T homas C. Galligan, Jr. louisiana state university, paul m. hebert law center, I. Richard Gershon university of mississippi school of law

Teal background with tan text reading: 2025 Teachers of the Year: Naomi Harlin Goodno pepperdine university, rick j. caruso school of law Ariana Levinson university of louisville, louis d. brandeis school of law Daniel S. Medwed northeastern university school of law Dylan O. Malagrinò charleston school of law Sally Brown Richardson tulane university law school Christopher J. Robinette southwestern law school

Tan background with teal text reading: 2025 Teachers of the Year: Florence Wagman Roisman indiana university, robert h. mckinney school of law Franklin D. Rosenblatt mississippi college school of law Gary J. Simson mercer university school of law Sandra Sperino university of missouri school of law Irwin Stotzky university of miami school of law Clifford Zimmerman northwestern university, pritzker school of law

Congratulations to the amazing CAP authors recognized as #TeacheroftheYear in 2025! #AALS2026

These professors are accomplished writers and great mentors for the next generation. We are so thrilled to have the opportunity to publish their works and honored to have them as part of the CAP family! 👏

Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Brian Walshe was sentenced on Dec. 18 to life in prison for the grisly murder of his wife, who disappeared nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found.

Prosecutors in the Brian Walshe murder trial “did an excellent job of introducing circumstantial evidence & providing the breadcrumbs that led the jury down the path toward finding premeditation,” Professor @danielmedwed.bsky.social tells Mass. Lawyers Weekly.
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Jelly Roll among the 33 granted pardons by Governor Bill Lee on Thursday Jelly Roll is among 33 Tennesseans pardoned by Governor Lee. The list also includes Shawn Baker, founder of Freeman Recovery Center, and others who have turned their lives around.

This is a great reminder that governors can–and SHOULD–use their pardon powers more frequently.

Pardons are powerful and can help fix injustices in the criminal legal system, but, sadly, across the U.S., they're severely underused.

One Year Later, The Internet’s Still Talking About Luigi Mangione | KQED On December 4, 2024, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a Midtown New York hotel. The subsequent arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione set off a frenzy far beyond a typica...

On KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast, Professor Daniel Medwed discusses the challenges of selecting a fair jury in an era when high-profile cases unfold in real time across millions of screens. @kqednews.kqed.org
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The Best Online Law Schools In America 2026 Online and hybrid JD programs have grown rapidly as students seek flexible paths into the legal field. The Best Online Law School Programs for 2026 give working adults and part-time learners access to...

Northeastern Law's FlexJD program has been ranked No. 1 on University Magazine's list of the Best Online Law Schools in America for 2026! #NUSLPride
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Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Boyfriend’s Death Outside Boston

Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social shares his perspective on Karen Read’s acquittal in @nytimes.com: “At bottom, trials are about putting the government’s evidence to the test. Norfolk prosecutors simply failed the test.”
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Watch: Full closing arguments in Karen Read murder trial Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read have deliver their closing arguments after weeks of testimony.

Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social provides expert legal analysis on WCVB Channel 5 as the Karen Read trial reaches its final phase. 🎥 Watch the full segment here:
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Way to go David!

Honoring Excellence: Haile, Roberts and Medwed Named 2025 Teachers of the Year - School of Law - Northeastern Law faculty members Andrew Haile, Melanie Roberts and Daniel Medwed are the 2025 recipients of the school’s Teacher of the Year award.

Congratulations to Professors Andrew Haile, Melanie Roberts and Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social, recipients of Northeastern Law’s 2025 Teacher of the Year award! #NUSLPride
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Thanks David!

Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom will present her work on “Examining the Exclusionary Rule in Revocation Proceedings” this morning as a panelist at the 2025 Law of the Police Conference, hosted by University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. #NUSLPride

Shout out to Northeastern Law Professors Elettra Bietti and Aliza Hochman Bloom, and all who are presenting at the 2025 Privacy Law Scholars Conference this week at University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law! #NUSLPride #PLSC2025 @clicatnusl.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu
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So proud of our eldest daughter. I have loved being a dance dad!

Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social joined WGN Radio’s Legal Face Off to discuss the latest in the retrial of Karen Read. @wgnradio.bsky.social
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Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped. Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.

But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com

The killing of an autistic teen highlights potential police violence that people with disabilities face Victor Perez’s death and others like it have prompted calls for police to undergo mandatory autism training.

Another case of police violence against people with disabilities www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Happy Giving Day at Northeastern for those who observe! givingday.northeastern.edu/pages/school-of-law-4

Woman’s Case Spotlights Missouri’s Resistance to Innocence Claims Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, the Missouri attorney general tried to send her back.

A consistent theme in Missouri of resistance to innocence claims www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/03/m...

Did I Really Do That? | Hidden Brain Media Have you ever been falsely accused of something? This week, why we sometimes act against our own self-interest — even when the stakes are at their highest.

We are asking MA to pass legislation that prevents police from lying to people they are interrogating and to record interrogations. Take a listen to this episode about false confessions and, if you are in MA, please ask your legislators to co-sponsor H1847 / S1136.
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How major law firms are responding to Trump’s attacks Law firms are torn on how to handle the new Trump administration as the president targets some of their own.

I am so proud of my former student Rachel Cohen (Harvard Law ‘22) for taking a stand against this attack on the legal profession. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

The redeem team Collectively, they spent 155 years in prison. Now they counsel other people facing their own long sentences. A conversation with five "peer advocates" at the New Orleans public defender's office.

Brilliant program in New Orleans public defender office open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...

Fifth Circuit Vacates Texas Woman’s Conviction After 27 Years on Death Row The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the conviction of Brittany Holberg.

Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death in 1998 after Texas prosecutors failed to disclose that their key witness at trial was a paid informant. This case's display of prosecutorial misconduct serves as a stark reminder of enduring problems in the death penalty.

Mar. 13, 2020 | Louisville Police Kill Breonna Taylor During Nighttime No-Knock Raid Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night.

‘I don’t want to die for something I didn’t do’: The day Gov. Ivey spared Rocky Myers Robin "Rocky" Myers shares what happened when he learned the news that he wouldn't be executed by the state of Alabama for a crime he's long said he did not commit.

"‘I don’t want to die for something I didn’t do’: The day Alabama’s governor spared Rocky Myers": www.al.com/news/2025/03...

Professor Sharmila Murthy will speak at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law Center for Law and Health's Spring Virtual Grand Rounds on March 25. Her talk will examine legal barriers to water affordability & explore policy reforms to improve access. #NUSLPride mckinneylaw.iu.edu/events/curre...

"Suspicion by Association" explores four troubling policing contexts in which individuals become the subject of criminal suspicion based on the company they keep. It's forthcoming in Arizona Law Review, and I welcome all feedback. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

In Massachusetts, detectives are allowed to lie in interrogations. A new bill seeks to change that. - The Boston Globe A pair of state legislators are introducing a bill to ban deception in police interrogations – a practice that, though controversial, has generally been allowed by courts.

Massachusetts has the opportunity to address police lies during interrogations & prevent false confessions. If you live in MA, ask your state legislator (malegislature.gov/Search/FindM...) to co-sponsor HD.3010/SD.1443, Acts Preventing False Confessions.
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