They were freed after serving decades in prison. Now, it’s their prosecutors who are facing scrutiny. “There’s a sense of resignation in the defense bar that prosecutors are often above the law and they won’t be held accountable,” said law professor Daniel S. Medwed of Northeastern University, who filed the drug lab complaint. “It’s not just Massachusetts. It’s really every state.”
Despite planned executions, capital punishment is at 50-year low. What’s next for the death penalty? “What has impacted the decline of the penalty are several things. One is the number of executions that were botched, ” said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University. “Another is the increasing number of stories about exonerations. And then third is the fact that many states have recognized that […]
Ch 5 Cleveland After 20 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit, his conviction was overturned, but he’s not free yet “So I think part of the explanation is that the prosecution probably honestly believes he’s guilty and they’re wedded to that belief,” explained Daniel Medwed, an expert on wrongful convictions and a professor at Northeastern University in Boston.
50 Years After Vietnam, Thousands Flee Another Lost American War Public attitudes toward refugees already were shifting, said Dr. Parekh, a professor at Northeastern University. “Refugees start to look more foreign or dissimilar to people in the U.S.,” she said. “Instead of being seen as people courageously fleeing persecution, they are seen as people who will be an economic burden.”
Could a souped-up version of existing Covid-19 tests be our shortcut to tracking variants? Right now, even after concerted efforts to increase sequencing capacity, only about 3% of the country’s positive Covid-19 samples were sequenced in early April. That’s not just “unacceptable,” but “nearly worthless,” said Sam Scarpino, a bioinformatics assistant professor at Northeastern University and director of the school’s Emergent Epidemics Lab.
Why Anti-Asian Hate Crime Is Not Being Charged Enough Jack McDevitt, a Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice, discusses recent Anti-Asian hate crimes and why prosecutors are reluctant to charge hate crimes.
Giuliani associate will have tough time keeping documents from prosecutors: experts Communications aimed at furthering an illegal act also are not covered by attorney-client privilege, said Daniel Medwed, a professor of criminal law at Northeastern University School of Law.
First sentence in college admission scandal seen as a setback for prosecutors “It’s a sign perhaps for prosecutors to slow down,” said Daniel S. Medwed, a Northeastern University law professor. “Being very aggressive in sentencing recommendations might not always be in the best interest of justice. Some of these defendants are far more culpable than others.”
These Drug Users Don’t Want Their Dealer Prosecuted if They OD “There’s definitely symbolic value to people clearly stating their preferences that their untimely passing mustn’t be used as an excuse for the criminal justice system to devastate the life of another,” said Leo Beletsky, associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University. He added that he doesn’t know how much influence such a […]
The Crime Report Prosecuting Dealers for Opioid Deaths Called ‘Bad Justice Policy They are not only “bad law and bad criminal justice policy,” but have exacerbated a public health crisis that has taken thousands of Americans lives, according to Leo Beletsky, Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences of the Northeastern University School of Law.
Can a 20 minute test tell employers what a college degree cannot? To be sure, the degree still matters. Employers pay a premium in salary for people with bachelor’s degrees, says Sean Gallagher, who studies credentials and hiring issues as executive director of Northeastern University’s new Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. But the interest in these tests, he says, is another sign […]
Inc.com 21 daily habits these successful executives swear by “Oftentimes we get on a hamster wheel of running from one conversation or meeting to the next. The result is a lack of work-life balance and, more detrimentally, a lack of focus. Inevitably, this leads to meeting fatigue. To stop this in its tracks, ask yourself what your contribution is to this meeting or this […]