The Wrongful Convictions Clinic shares their thoughts on: ‘What is justice for Ronnie Long after serving 44 years in prison?'

Appearing: Prof. Jamie Lau, Nicole Wittstein '20, and Shoshana Silverstein '20.

Clinical Professor Jamie Lau, lead attorney for Ronnie Long in the Wrongful Convictions Clinic and two law students discusses their path to being granted an en banc hearing before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Appearing: Shoshana Silverstein '20, Prof. Jamie Lau, and Nicole Wittstein '20.

Shoshana Silverstein and Nicole Wittstein discuss the clinic’s strategy to persuade the full Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to review Long’s appeal.

Appearing: Nicole Wittstein '20, Shoshana Silverstein '20, and Prof. Jamie Lau.

Dr. Ashley Nellis, Senior Research Analyst at the Sentencing Project, discusses her new book, The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences, co-authored with Marc Mauer, Executive Director of the Sentencing Project. They describe their data concerning the growth of the "lifer" population in the U.S., and why we should question this trend as a matter of law and policy. The "lifer" population has continued to grow amidst historically low crime rates and reductions in the overall prison population.

A panel discussion of Alexandra Natapoff's book, "Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal". The book describes the powerful influence that misdemeanors exert over the entire U.S. criminal system. It was selected by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of 2018. Natapoff is a professor at UCI Law School and has previously served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland.

Professor Rachel Barkow discusses her new book, Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration. Rachel Elise Barkow is the Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at NYU. She was a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2013 until January 2019. In her book, Barkow argues that reform guided by evidence, not politics and emotions, will reduce crime and reverse mass incarceration. Barkow argues for an institutional shift toward data and expertise.

Michael Dreeben '81, former U.S. Deputy Solicitor General, discusses his life in the law with Dean Kerry Abrams. From 1988 through 2019, Michael served in the Office of Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice, first as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and then as a Deputy Solicitor General. As Deputy Solicitor General from 1994 to 2019, he supervised the criminal docket for the United States in the U.S. Supreme Court and argued 105 cases before the Court. In June 2017, Michael was detailed to Office of Special Counsel Robert S.

Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, two members of the Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five, tell their stories to a Duke Law audience. They are the subjects of the Netflix series "When They See Us," which focuses on the conviction and later exoneration of Mr. Salaam, Mr. Santana and three others in the infamous Central Park jogger case. Dean Kerry Abrams welcomes the panelists to Duke Law and Professor Brandon Garrett interviews Mr. Salaam and Mr. Santana about their experiences. A question and answer period follows.

Nusrat Choudhury, Deputy Director, ACLU Racial Justice Program discusses modern-day debtors' prisons. The ACLU is fighting against the punishment of people who cannot pay money to courts simply because of their poverty, through arrest, jailing, driver's license suspensions, etc. Since courts generate revenue for local governments, these practices funnel poor and low-income people into cycles of debt, poverty, and involvement with the legal system.

Eyewitness testimony can be incredibly powerful in court. However, we now know that eyewitness memory is fragile and malleable. This panel, with leading scientists, lawyers, and judges, moderated by Professor Brandon Garrett, explores how eyewitness misidentifications can cause wrongful convictions. Panelists also discuss scientific research on improving the reliability of eyewitness identification, and how to address these questions in the courtroom. Panelists include: Judge Theodore McKee, U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S.

The Duke Law Innocence Project welcomed Benjamin Rachlin to discuss his new book, "Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption." Rachlin's debut chronicles the wrongful conviction and subsequent exoneration of Willie Grimes. Rachlin was joined by Mr. Grimes, who was exonerated in 2012 after being wrongly incarcerated for 24 years, and his attorney, Chris Mumma. Ghost of the Innocent Man also chronicles the creation of the NC Innocence Inquiry Commission, which was spearheaded by Ms. Mumma and Duke Law Professors Theresa Newman and James Coleman.

Professor Michael S. Moore, Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Chair and Co-Director, Program in Law and Philosophy at the University of Illinois College of Law, delivered Duke Law's Annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture entitled "The Elusive Quest for a Constitutional Right to Liberty." One of the country's most prominent authorities on the intersection of law and philosophy, he has published eight books and some 60 major articles, which have appeared in the country's top law reviews and peer reviewed journals in philosophy and psychiatry.

The Past and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America

Plenary: Criminal Justice Reform and Mass Incarceration

Moderator: Mario Barnes (University California, Irvine, School of Law)

Panel: Daryl Atkinson (Southern Coalition for Social Justice), Devon W. Carbado (UCLA School of Law), Michael Pinard (University of Maryland School of Law) , Cheryl Harris (UCLA School of Law), Thena Robinson-Mock (Advancement Project)

Recently, the use of police force has become a very relevant issue throughout the United States. Technology often comes into play as dash cams, body cams, and bystander videos are able to capture some of the alleged misconduct. What are the legal implications of these videos? Are they admissible as evidence in the court room? How is technology changing the way the law handles these types of cases? The Duke Forum for Law and Social Change and the American Constitution Society present a panel discussion about the use of technology and its implications for law enforcement officers.

The Program in Public Law presents its annual Supreme Court Review (Criminal). Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Sam Buell, Jim Coleman, Nita Farahany, and Lisa Griffin review the most significant decisions of the past term of the U.S. Supreme Court, focusing on criminal cases.

Duke Law professors Neil Siegel, Sara Beale, Sam Buell, Jim Coleman and Lisa Griffin review the most significant decisions of the past term of the U.S. Supreme Court (2010 Term), focusing on criminal cases.

As so often demonstrated on Law & Order, all suspects are entitled to Miranda warnings while in police custody. But how do we determine when someone is "in custody" for the purpose of a 5th Amendment Miranda analysis? Is age a relevant consideration when contemplating a "reasonable person" in the same circumstances? The Supreme Court will decide on this issue this spring.

A leading authority on Supreme Court practice and nationally recognized expert on criminal procedure, Professor Fisher will talk about marshaling originalism and related interpretive methodologies in order to persuade conservative judges to protect the rights of criminal defendants. More generally, he will also discuss how the United States Supreme Court might change now with its two new justices. Sponsored by the Program in Public Law. Introduction by Michael Dreeben.

Recorded on October 19, 2010.

The Duke Law Federalist Society and the Program in Public Law present The Criminalization of Almost Everything: Why Liberals and Conservatives Should be Alarmed, with Todd Gaziano, Director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Heritage Foundation, and Professor Sara Beale.

Recorded on February 18, 2008.

Full title: The Criminalization of Almost Everything: Why Liberals & Conservatives Should Be Alarmed.

Appearing: Sarah Campbell (Duke Law Student), host/introductions ; Todd Gaziano (Heritage Foundation), speaker ; Sara S. Beale (Duke Law), speaker.

In 1993, the extra cost to North Carolina taxpayers, per execution, for prosecuting a case capitally, was more than $2.16 million. Come hear how much it costs us today in a talk by Philip Cook, Professor of Public Policy Studies, and Economic and Sociology at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

Recorded on November 20, 2007.

Appearing: David Fry (JD '10), host/introductions ; Phillip J. Cook (Sanford Institute of Public Policy), speaker.

Recorded on October 24, 2007.

Appearing: Speakers: Mark Kleinschmidt of Fair Trial Initiative and Professor Jim Coleman.

Duke law students were briefed on the legal, personal, and cultural issues faced by victims of domestic violence during an October 18 discussion at the Law School. Sebastian Kielmanovich '04, a prosecutor with Wilmington's district attorney's office, Suzanne Chester, managing partner of the domestic violence unit of Legal Aid of North Carolina, and Teandra Miller, director of the agency's Battered Immigrants Project took part in a panel sponsored by the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy Project.

Recorded on October 18, 2006.

Recorded on September 21, 2005, Duke University, School of Law.

Appearing: Ray Krone, speaker.

Sponsored by the Innocence Project.

Stephanos Bibas presents a lecture entitled: "Justice Scalia's Sudden Fondness for Criminal Defendants: Principled Originalism or Soft-on-Crime Judicial Activism?". Professor Bibas teaches at the University of Iowa College of Law in the areas of criminal Law, criminal procedure, and sentencing. His publications have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and others. Professor Sara Sun Beale provides comment.

Sponsored by the Federalist Society.

Originally recorded January 27, 2005.

Opening remarks by Dean Katharine Bartlett, speaker introduction by Robert Mosteller. Professor Nancy King, Lee S. & Charles A. Speir Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University presents the Annual Brainerd Currie Memorial Lecture. Prof. King is one of the nation's most prominent and productive scholars in the field of criminal procedure.

Originally recorded November 11, 2004.