Sharon Beckman

Criminal Justice

Does Felony Murder Rule Have Any Teeth Left?

By Sean Doolittle ’24
March 24, 2023

In Court

Innocence Program Client's Conviction Vacated

November 22, 2022

Experiential Learning

BC Innocence Program Receives $500,000 Grant from Justice Department

October 11, 2022

Online Exclusives

Innocence Program Brief Aids in High Court Win

Postconviction forensic testing ruling helps those trying to prove innocence.

July 9, 2021

Online Exclusives

BC Law’s Role in Wrongful Conviction Guide

More than two years in the making, report calls for prosecution integrity programs.

March 26, 2021

Online Exclusives

Five Honored by Lawyers Weekly

Professor Sharon Beckman and four alumni named Lawyers of the Year.

February 18, 2021

Uncategorized

Why the Innocence Program Is So Effective

Article provides comprehensive look at how a BC Law clinic became an exoneration powerhouse.

February 8, 2021

Online Exclusives

Choy Exonerated in Parents’ Death

BC Innocence Program plays pivotal role in judge's decision on evidence of innocence and prosecutorial racism to vacate convictions of first Asian-American exonerated in Massachusetts.

September 29, 2020

Online Exclusives

BC Innocence Client Exonerated in Double Murder

Clinic hails the outcome of its three-year-long case to free the wrongly convicted Ronnie Qualls.

September 2, 2020

Faculty Scholarship

38 Faculty on Covid’s Impact on Law and Society

By Vicki Sanders, David Reich, and Jeri Zeder
Summer 2020