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@christopher-lau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy to report that my latest article, Shadow Forensics, has been published in the Cornell Law Review. Using 911 call analysis as a case study, it focuses on the ways that forensic evidence escapes evidentiary oversight. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis

Junk forensics have played a central role in wrongful convictions. From bitemark evidence to hair microscopy, from arson investigation to toolmark comparison, c

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Adam Weinstein@adamweinstein.bsky.social · last yr.

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."
Leah Litman@leahlitman.bsky.social · last yr.

let's take stock here: (Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it. Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷‍♀️ YOLO?

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... From Sotomayor's dissent:

Lifting the District Court’s injunction will unleash untold harm, delaying or denying educational opportunities and leaving students to suffer from discrimination, sexual assault, and other civil rights violations without the federal resources Congress intended. The majority apparently deems it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very real harms while the litigation continues. Equity does not support such an inequitable result. * * * The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them. That basic rule undergirds our Constitution’s separation of powers. Yet today, the majority rewards clear defiance of that core principle with emergency relief. Because I cannot condone such abuse of our equitable authority, I respectfully dissent.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last yr.

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas" our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous

Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...

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Andrea Pitzer@andreapitzer.bsky.social · last yr.

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

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Matthew Clair@mathuclair.bsky.social · last yr.

The arrest of judge Dugan in Wisconsin underscores the central role that local courts and judges are expected to play in upholding the carceral state. www.californialawreview.org/print/courts...

Courts and the Abolition Movement — California Law Review

This Article theorizes and reimagines the place of courts in the contemporary struggle for the abolition of racialized punitive systems of legal control and exploitation. In the spring and summer of 2...

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Walter@walterkatz.bsky.social · 2y ago

In the push by Gov. Hochul and DAs to roll back discovery reform in New York, they have been missing one ironic thing: evidence. Where they do attempt to claim that serious crimes are dismissed on “minor technicalities,” they don’t hold up. Sounds familiar. nysfocus.com/2025/04/08/d...

Court Records Undercut Bronx DA’s Testimony on Discovery Rollbacks

Hochul's proposed rollbacks are one of the last sticking points in this year’s budget negotiations. One prosecutor’s support rested on a faulty anecdote.

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Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2y ago

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2y ago

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

University of Wisconsin Law School@law.wisc.edu · 2y ago

NEWS: The Wisconsin Innocence Project has received the largest grant in its history to investigate cases that could benefit from recent advancements in DNA testing. law.wisc.edu/newsletter/a... @christopher-lau.bsky.social @rachelburg.bsky.social

Wisconsin Innocence Project Receives $1.5 Million Grant | University of Wisconsin Law SchoolSite iconsUniversity logo that links to main university websitefacebooktwitterxyoutubelinkedininstagramUW C...

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@christopher-lau.bsky.social · 2y ago

Had the chance to speak to @publicnewsservice.bsky.social about recent Wisconsin Innocence Project victories and deeper structural issues in the criminal legal system www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-12-11/c...

WI Innocence Project victories point to systemic problem in justice system

The Wisconsin Innocence Project is ending the year with some key victories including helping with the release of two men who each spent decades in prison but the wins highlight a long-standing systemi...

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