Associate Dean and Professor @UofSCLaw; Blog Editor, EvidenceProf Blog; Co-Host, @Undisclosedpod

Columbia, SC
Joined November 2009
Today's blog post: "Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Finds Prosecutor Telling the Jury the Defendant Sought the Advice of an Attorney Before Being Arrested Was (Harmless) Error": evidenceprofblog.com/2026/10…
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A week or two after Holly Bobo was abducted, search & rescue dogs traced her faint scent from her home to the house where a suspect was staying, a suspect who had previously burglarized her home. Learn more in this week's new @Undisclosedpod: audioboom.com/posts/8963166-…
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Today's blog post: "California Court Reverses Felony Murder Conviction, Finding Forcible Cutting of Human Hair is Battery, Not Robbery": evidenceprofblog.com/2026/10…
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Notably, felony robbery can be a predicate felony for felony murder while felony battery cannot (under the merger doctrine).
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In today's new @Undisclosedpod, we set forth several suspects in Holly Bobo's disappearance, including an ex-boyfriend who threatened to kill her and someone who had burglarized the Bobo's home: audioboom.com/posts/8963166-…
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In 1954, Tommy Lee Walker was executed for the 1953 rape and murder of Venice Parker before being posthumously exonerated In January 2026. In a new piece, Christina Swarns says Walker's case show why we should stop tinkering with the machinery of death: innocenceproject.org/news/it…
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Multiple witnesses placed Walker at his pregnant girlfriend's side at the time of the murder, and the only evidence against Walker was his (later recanted) confession after a coercive & deceptive interrogation by a one-time member of the KKK.
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In 2018, his case was covered by "In the Dark."
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In 2019, the Supreme Court reversed his convictions, ruling that there was racial discrimination in jury selection. That same year, Flowers was released from behind bars for the first time since his initial arrest in 1997.
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Colin Miller retweeted
Tragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56. Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast. mississippitoday.org/2026/10…
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Today's blog post: Supreme Court of Nebraska Finds Juror Who Acknowledged The Defendant Could Be at a Distinctive Disadvantage if He Were Empaneled Did Not Need to Be Struck for Cause: evidenceprofblog.com/2026/10…
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Kirstin Lobato was 18 when she was arrested for Duran Bailey's murder. A judge later vacated her conviction, finding Lobato’s lawyers failed to call experts to testify to time of death, which would've supported her strong alibi. Today, Lobato received a $29.5 million settlement:
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Holly Bobo's brother saw her arguing w/a man by the passenger-side hood of her car. Holly's blood was seen in that same spot + a fresh palm print not left any of the 4 men prosecuted for her murder. Learn more in Episode 1 of our new @Undisclosed series: audioboom.com/posts/8960348-…
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In 2011, Holly Bobo was abducted from her carport. The only clues to her abductor were a fresh palm print & Holly's brother's description of her abductor. Both ruled out the 4 men eventually prosecuted. Check out Episode 1 of our new @Undisclosedpod series audioboom.com/posts/8960348-…
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Colin Miller retweeted
New episode on the Holly Bobo/Zachary Adams case:
4 men were prosecuted for the abduction of Holly Bobo from her carport. All 4 were excluded as the source of a palm print on the hood of Holly's car & none matched the description of the man her brother saw taking her into the woods. New season of @Undisclosedpod debuts tomorrow:
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