BC Innocence Clinic Students Help Vacate Conviction
In an important new ruling, Darrell Jones, who was convicted 30 years ago of a murder that he did not commit, has had his conviction vacated by Plymouth County Superior Court Judge...
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There Is So Much Left to Do
As the number of exonerees climbs, advocates and the victim of a wrongful co...
Three months to the day after his exoneration for a 1981 murder he didn’t commit, Fred Clay sat on a pane...
‘If There’s a Better Way, We Should Be Doing It’
Panelists put fairness at the heart of bail reform.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s August decision in Brangan v. Commonwealth, and the State Senat...
Saving Constitutional Democracy: An Interview with Vlad Perju
Around the world, populists are wreaking havoc on constitutional democracies by engaging in high-stakes games of political hardball. In a grave setback for Poland’s independent j...
BC Law Innocence Program Joins Policy Push to Help Exonerees
Wrongful Conviction Day highlights two key bills in MA Legislature: forensic...
On October 2, the Boston College Innocence Program co-hosted an event in observance of Wrongful Conviction D...
Ortiz Begins Visiting Professorship with Lecture on US Attorney’s Role
Massachusetts' former chief prosecutor to speak about key challenges, includ...
Former US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, who is this academic year's first Jerome Lyle Rappaport Visiting Profess...
Innocence Program Grads Help Free Man from Prison
An innocent man has been freed from prison, and BC Law recent grad Rufus Urion '17 and the Law School's Innocence Program contributed to the effort to bring about his release. ...
Reframing the Power of Prosecutors
Dylan Hayre ’11 believes they hold the key to criminal justice reform.
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An alumnus and one-time Boston prosecutor has added his voice to the growing calls across the nation for cri...
A ‘Travel Ban’ History Lesson
Constitutional rights versus presidential power: An unresolved question ling...
The Supreme Court’s partial affirmation of lower courts’ injunctions against Donald Trump’s travel ban...
Justice Hines to Class of 2017: “Speak the Truth”
Hines referenced lawyers fighting against racism and segregation in the deep...
Addressing the Boston College Law School Class of 2017, Geraldine Hines, associate justice of the Massachuse...