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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Replying to @Todd_Spence
Maybe John Landis, who went from "The Kentucky Fried Movie," "Animal House," and "The Blues Brothers" to "An American Werewolf in London."
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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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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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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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Arizona Court of Appeals reverses defendant's sentence for his manslaughter conviction, finding that AI victim impact statement was "a depiction of the victim and his thoughts created from the imaginings of the victim’s sister." coa1.azcourts.gov/Portals/1/…
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Today is International Wrongful Conviction Day. More than 3,696 individuals have been exonerated in the United States since 1989, spending a combined 4,102 years behind bars.
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My blog post on the botched execution of Christa Pike: evidenceprofblog.com/2026/10…
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My blog post on the release of Justin Wolfe, Whose Case Adnan Syed Compared to His Own: evidenceprofblog.com/2026/09…
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