Daniel
Medwed
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
Expertise
Daniel S. Medwed in the Press
Brian Walshe found guilty of murdering his wife, who disappeared nearly 3 years ago
“Here, the evidence about dismemberment and improper disposal of a body was overwhelming, so I suspect the defense goal was to concede that through the guilty pleas, and make the case all about the murder and the absence of direct evidence about intent and cause of death,” said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern […]
KQED
One Year Later, The Internet’s Still Talking About Luigi Mangione
Daniel Medwed, professor of law at Northeastern University, joins KQED.
Karen Read found not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunken driving in boyfriend’s death
Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, said it was a mercy or compromise verdict, in which jurors opt for acquittal on the most serious charges but convict on lesser offense when they have doubts about the case but want to hold the person accountable.
Karen Read found not guilty of boyfriend’s murder in retrial
At the retrial, both the prosecution and defense adopted a “less is more strategy,” moderating their approach based on what worked in the first trial, said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University who has followed both of Read’s trials. Both sides called fewer witnesses.
Jurors are deliberating in Karen Read’s retrial. Here’s what to know.
“It’s quite possible that they’re considering a ‘mercy verdict,’ or a split verdict,” said Daniel Medwed, a Northeastern University law professor who has followed Read’s trials.
Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Boyfriend’s Death Outside Boston
Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University who closely followed the case, said before the verdict that acquittal struck him as a sound result, given the many problems with the investigation and the evidence presented at the retrial.
Karen Read Acquittal Exposes Flaws in Police Practices, Supporters and Critics Say
Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminology at Northeastern University, said the trooper’s texts in the Read case, and the disturbing details in the Birchmore indictment, had brought renewed attention to persistent problems in policing.
Mass Live
Karen Read’s defense changed its strategy for retrial — and won
Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, called it a “classic reasonable doubt defense.”
Ex-Stoughton police officer charged with killing Sandra Birchmore did not father the baby she was carrying, DNA shows
“If the charges relate to the relationship when she was under 16, the fact that she was or was not carrying his child [at the time of her death] would seem to be somewhat irrelevant, except it would indicate they had a continuing relationship,” said Daniel Medwed, a professor of law at Northeastern University.
Boston.com
Neither side in the Karen Read trial called Michael Proctor to testify. Was it the right choice?
Daniel Medwed, a criminal law professor at Northeastern University, suggested prosecutors may have felt Proctor would be somewhat hostile to the defense and knew that if Read’s lawyers called Proctor, they “would have the benefit of seeing what he said on direct and using cross-examination either to rehabilitate him or to try to show how […]
