Author and journalist specializing in crime, legal affairs and social justice. Author of The Brain Defense, Defending the Damned and The Wrong Man.
Chicago
Joined April 2009
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Everyone knows the bar exam is super stressful. What’s your story? Did a hurricane hit? Did you go into labor? Drive to the wrong location? Panic, thinking they accidentally gave you an exam in Russian? Share your war story! Email [email protected] @juliannehill
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No Small Matter: Even a wrongful misdemeanor conviction can change someone's life forever. ow.ly/7Tzp50TvpoF @KevDavis
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No Small Matter: Even a wrongful misdemeanor conviction can change someone's life forever. ow.ly/7Tzp50TvpoF @KevDavis
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Stories about wrongful convictions get a lot of press, but miscarriages of justice for small crimes remain under the radar. My latest story in the ABA Journal.
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Satan Goes to Court: Lawyers recall bizarre medical malpractice case. ow.ly/OkfQ50SGAf4 @KevDavis
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This lawyer has built a criminal defense practice for clients with mental disabilities, autism and dementia. ow.ly/Bk4A50Qom1n @KevDavis
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"In #B2Bmedia, there's an assumption that you don't get to write interesting stories. But everyone reading your publication wants to read something interesting. Don't be afraid to be interesting." @KevDavis, managing editor, @ABAJournal at @ASBPE National Conference #asbpe
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“I’m so endlessly inspired by these people—by their strength and spirit and will to live and let go of all this bitterness.” ow.ly/pA4Q50LwOXw #interalia @KevDavis
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“The next day was when the media blitzkrieg started. I mean, it was just crazy,” recalls Rogel Aguilera-Mederos’ attorney, James Colgan. “It was lightning fast how it happened. Before I knew it, I was getting a call from the governor’s office.” ow.ly/CcbT50LpE7l @KevDavis
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Runaway Sentences: Truck driver's 110-year sentence sparks new focus on mandatory minimums. ow.ly/CJRb50KZTG7 @KevDavis
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Inter Alia: Lawyer's son creates podcasts to shine a light on criminal injustice. ow.ly/hKe450KTPYy #interalia @KevDavis
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Inter Alia: Lawyer's son creates podcasts to shine a light on criminal injustice. ow.ly/hKe450KTPYy #interalia @KevDavis
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Fake eviction notices purporting to be from Ald. Maria Hadden we’re given to residents of a Rogers Park tent city.
The notices were placed by a local college student with ties to a man running against Hadden.
blockclubchicago.org/2022/09… – at Chicago, IL
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The June-July 2022 ABA Journal magazine is here! Can’t get enough of our June-July 2022 magazine? Read these stories and more at ABAJournal.com/magazine @sfw70II @amandasrobert @victorli2000 @mreynoldswriter @ABAesq @KevDavis @Lee_Rawles @johnobrien34 @bchavis @lianejackson1
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A new book explores what makes people confess to crimes that they didn't commit. ow.ly/4MkJ30sjhIY #interalia #legalwriting @KevDavis
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A great read from the erudite @TheNeuroTimes
Punch-Drunk Slugnuts: Violence and the Vernacular History of Disease | Isis: Vol 113, No 2 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/fu…
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I have a lot of 2021 reporting to catch up on. Too many talents to mention but have to shout out to @KevDavis @poolcar4 @estheryjkang @amandasrobert @sfw70II @HedyWeissCritic @journotwit and the few still hanging on at the @chicagotribune and @Suntimes. buff.ly/3JhIbGk
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"The investigators look at their demeanor and say something’s off. Well, yeah, something’s off. This is a person traumatized by the loss of a loved one. There is no one way to grieve, to react to trauma." Via @KevDavis
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#psychology #criminology #PTSD
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(This essay appears in this beautiful book, and I feel squeamish about it bc it was selected before I was an editor here, but I highly encourage people to read the others, which are all about people who haunt us)
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