Daniel Medwed in the news
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Boston Globe
Superior Court judge at center of St. Paul’s scandal
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WGBH
Justice delayed: The prolonged resolution of the Dookhan crime lab scandal
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ThinkProgress
A progressive who vowed to end mass incarceration is poised to be Philadelphia’s next top prosecutor
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WGBH
The trial of the summer? An update on the Michelle Carter manslaughter case
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WGBH
Listen: Should Massachusetts become a “sanctuary state”?
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WGBH
Implications of Aaron Hernandez’s death
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WGBH
Annie Dookhan, Aaron Hernandez and the complicated vision of American justice
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Huffington Post
California AG will seek death penalty in murder case tainted by government misconduct
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WGBH
Breaking down the Barry Cadden verdict
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The Los Angeles Times
Federal authorities to investigate O.C. district attorney over jailhouse informants
Daniel Medwed for Northeastern
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What a retrial for Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ means for his case and others
Daniel Medwed, professor of law and an expert in wrongful convictions, examines the judge’s decision and discusses the legal implications of Syed being granted a new trial.
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Make your mark: Northeastern celebrates law school graduates
Commencement speaker Tracey McCain, senior vice president and head of legal at Sanofi Genzyme, challenged graduates to make a difference in the world, and other speakers on Friday delivered similarly inspiring messages of celebrating our differences, being curious about new disciplines, and devising creative approaches to delivering justice.
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3Qs: What’s next in the partisan fight to replace Scalia?
President Obama intends to fulfill his constitutional duty to nominate a new Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia, but Senate Republicans have vowed to block his pick. We asked law professor Daniel Medwed how this political battle is likely to play out.
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3Qs: When true crime becomes a pop culture phenomenon
On Wednesday, the man whose conviction was profiled on the hugely popular “Serial” podcast, returns to court for a post-conviction hearing. Here, law professor Daniel Medwed, an expert in wrongful convictions, says that “Serial” and Making a Murderer have highlighted some of the chief flaws in our criminal justice system. But he also says that he is dismayed by how the programs presented their cases.
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Internet reacts to unflattering Brady sketch
A courtroom rendering of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady received some unexpected attention online Wednesday. Here, law professor Daniel Medwed explains why these drawings—though not always flattering—are an important part of court proceedings.
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3Qs: Professors weigh in on SCOTUS decision, free speech on social media
On Monday, the Supreme Court for the first time addressed the implications of free speech on social media. In the case Elonis v. United States, the court reversed the conviction of a Pennsylvanian man accused of making threats on Facebook against his estranged wife. In the decision, the court held that while threatening communication—a “true…
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Mass. AG to law graduates: Your education ‘belongs to our whole community’
At Commencement, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, L’98, urged the Northeastern University School of Law’s newest graduates to believe in themselves, embrace uncertainty, and remember that their education belongs just as much to the entire community as it does to themselves.
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Take 5: What to watch for in the Tsarnaev trial
Law professor Daniel Medwed, a nationally renowned criminal law expert, is particularly interested in how the prosecutors will structure their presentation against the accused Boston Marathon bomber, whose trial begins Wednesday.
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Law professor named to Mass. SJC eyewitness committee
Daniel Medwed, an expert in criminal law and a renowned scholar on the topic of wrongful convictions, has been appointed a member of a new Standing Committee on Eyewitness Identification by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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3Qs: Jury selection for marathon bombing trial
Northeastern law professor Daniel Medwed says that the jury selection process in the trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will differ from other federal cases in two fundamental ways.