“One good thing about a sketch is it’s sketchy — and that may be the best we can get from someone’s memory of an unfamiliar person they saw,” @brandongarrett.bsky.social said....An AI sketch may be just as imprecise but suggest otherwise. Learn more: www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/experts...

Goodyear police are using AI for suspect sketches. Experts have doubts

The Goodyear Police Department has "enhanced" police sketches with ChatGPT on two occasions. Neither has led to an arrest.

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Announcing our latest resource: Our Life Sentences Dashboard, a comprehensive, interactive platform bringing together decades of national data on life imprisonment in the U.S. This data collection was led by Ashley Nellis, PhD, @au-spa.bsky.social. Learn more: wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/new-res....

Recently we were pleased to host David McAtee (A.B. '91) here at the Wilson Center! His generous gift earlier this year established our McAtee JustScience Lab, and he got to meet with several of our students to hear about the great work they're doing to make real change in the criminal legal system.

Happy Constitution Day! Today commemorates the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. In honor of today, watch our faculty director @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social discussing how the Constitution protects due process. youtube.com/shorts/VKKkD...

Legal Brief | Due Process

What is due process? In this week’s episode of Legal Brief, Professor Brandon Garrett explains how the Constitution protects due process and why it’s fundamental to a fair justice system.

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Cashless bail has been in the news lately, but how does it work and what impact has it had on crime and detention rates? Check out this interview with Sandra Guerra Thompson, Deputy Monitor with @brandonlgarrett.bsky.app in the ODonnell v. Harris County Consent Decree. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Trump criticizes cashless bail. What is it and, what's the debate about it?

On Monday, President Trump criticized Democrats who support cashless bail as being too soft on crime.

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This week, President Trump signed an executive order directing the AG to submit a list of jurisdictions with cashless bail policies & instructs the Administration to identify Federal funds provided to cashless bail jurisdictions that may be suspended or terminated. www.nytimes.com/article/cash...

What to Know About How Bail Works in the U.S.

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for tougher rules on bail. Conservatives argue that policies limiting the practice have contributed to increased lawlessness, but the data…

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"What we found is providing those due process protections actually help them and reduce crime. Fewer people in jail and less crime -- both good things happened. It was not zero sum at all." Check out @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social chatting with @profmmurray.bsky.social on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social!

Strict Scrutiny Podcast@strictscrutiny.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.bsky.social joins Melissa to talk legal news. Then Brandon Garrett @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social on his book DEFENDING DUE PROCESS And Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social joins Leah to talk his book OLDEST CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION crooked.com/podcast/how-...

📊 Out Now! Wilson Center launches new driver’s license suspension dashboard. This new tool allows researchers, policy makers, and community members to dive deep into court dept and driver's license suspensions across North Carolina. Learn more at wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/wilson-...

Wilson Center Launches New Public Dashboard

Illuminating Court Debt and Driver’s License Suspensions Across North Carolina

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The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law has received a generous gift from Duke University alumnus David McAtee (A.B. ‘91) to establish the McAtee JustScience Lab, a visionary initiative at the Center. Learn more at wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/gift-fr...

"By...granting clemency, governors would recognize & value the potential for redemption in the American prison system...Each grant of clemency could motivate other prisoners to take responsibility for their actions & to make redoubled efforts to grow & become better." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/o...

Opinion | Governors, Use Your Clemency Powers

President Trump is abusing his clemency power, but most American governors are underutilizing their powers of commutation and pardon.

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In our latest report: misdemeanor cash bail elimination associated with improved public safety. We examined how changes since the implementation of new bail policies as a result of the ODonnell v. Harris County Settlement have affected the community. Learn more: wcsj.law.duke.edu/news/ending-...

Ending Cash Bail for Most Misdemeanors Is Associated with Improved Public Safety

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Out this week! A special edition of Law and Human Behavior’s on Justice, Legitimacy, and Technology. This edition was guest co-edited by our Faculty Director @brandonlgarrett.bsy.social along with David DeMatteo and Christopher King. Check out the issue: psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...

Why does forensics reform matter? Professor Maneka Sinha, Professor of Law at @umaryland.edu Law School where she leads the Forensic Defense Clinic walks us through it. Learn more and access the full toolkit at forensicsreform.com.

Have you checked out our Forensics Reform Toolkit? @brandonlgarrett@bsky.social talks us through how to use it. Learn more and access the full toolkit at forensicsreform.com.

From our faculty director @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social!

Polity@politybooks.bsky.social · last yr.

A discussion of @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social's "Defending Due Process" was held @pjudicialchile.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 14th. If you missed out on it, you can take a look at how it went and browse some fantastic photos here: www.pjud.cl/prensa-y-com...

My latest for @theappeal.org: James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free. “They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.

“They took my life away for nothing.”

James Carver spent 36 years in prison for allegedly setting one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts history.

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"[Habeas corpus] has played a crucial role in many emergencies and wars during our history. And courts have consistently emphasized that habeas provides its strongest protections when the executive seeks to detain people without a trial." - @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social. time.com/7284743/what...

What Is Habeas Corpus and How Is It Under Threat?

Stephen Miller said the Trump Administration is “actively looking at” the option of suspending habeas corpus.

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It was such a pleasure and honor to discuss my new book, Defending Due Process, with Jim Coleman, @dukelaw.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/AHM4JiY...

Faculty Author Celebration | Brandon Garrett, Defending Due Process

YouTube video by Duke University School of Law

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"These are [prosecutors'] errors, after all...No one says, ‘Oh, wow, they’re really going the extra mile at Boeing when they’re trying to figure out why planes crashed.’ No, this is actually their job.” -@brandonlgarrett.bsky.social today in @injusticewatch.org on prosecutor accountability.

Injustice Watch@injusticewatch.org · 2y ago

Cook County’s conviction integrity unit has been celebrated for exonerating more people than any comparable unit nationwide. But an Injustice Watch investigation found 21 people who were denied relief by the group before flawed evidence later led to their exonerations.

"When an an AI system links a person's face to a still from surveillance video, recommends whether to detain a person in jail, or responds with 'situational awareness' to a national security threat, what assurance is there that this system can be trusted?" - @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social

Volokh Conspiracy@volokhc.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Brandon Garrett Guest-Blogging About "Defending Due Process: Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World"

I'm delighted to report that Prof. Brandon Garrett (Duke Law School) will be guest-blogging this week about his new book. The publisher's summary: We all

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This week, our faculty director @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social is over at @volokhc.bsky.social talking his new book Defending Due Process. Follow along over at @reason.com.

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"This new law would expand mandatory detention to people simply arrested for or charged with such crimes, regardless of whether they actually committed them...[raising]serious due process issues." -@brandonlgarrett.bsky.social, Kate Evans, & Elana Fogel today in The Hill: thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Protect your constitutional rights: Don’t fall for the Laken Riley Act’s security theater

The due process clauses of the Constitution are written in general terms: they apply to all people, in the land of the free.

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On defending due process & the Laken Riley Act, with Kate Evans and Elana Fogel thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Protect your constitutional rights: Don’t fall for the Laken Riley Act’s security theater

The due process clauses of the Constitution are written in general terms: they apply to all people, in the land of the free.

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"Common ground on due process matters now more than ever, to mend political polarization, to cool simmering distrust of government, and to safeguard our constitutional rights." — Faculty Director @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social. Learn more about his upcoming book at the link!

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A short piece about my book, coming out in two weeks - www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...

"15 people had their death sentences commuted. That was a historic act...historic, but incremental. And so the question is, what will the years to come bring for the death penalty in North Carolina?" — @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social. Listen to the full interview: ncnewsline.com/2025/01/13/d...

Duke University Prof. Brandon Garrett on recent commutations and the future of the death penalty • NC Newsline

Duke University Law School professor Brandon Garrett on why recent commutations for state and federal death row inmates should signal the end of the death penalty in North Carolina…

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New article out now from Bolts by Phillip Vance Smith II, and featuring an interview from our Executive Director Yvette Garcia Missri. North Carolina has expanded medical release by statute, but are incarcerated people able to access this provision?

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 2y ago

“One doctor said I got two-to-four years left to live. Another give me three-to-five. They don’t really know. But one thing’s for sure: If I don’t get out, cancer’ll kill me in prison.” boltsmag.org/north-c...

Such important legislation in NC, the product of hard work by NC-Cure and @wilsoncsj.bsky.social - but sustained, careful implementation is needed.

Terminally Ill People Languish in North Carolina Prisons, Even After Reforms

State lawmakers expanded the law for people seeking medical release from prison, but eligibility remains limited.

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Today from @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social: "With his action, Cooper acknowledged, in detailing a series of factors these cases implicated, the death penalty’s flaws and the responsibility of elected leaders to move away from this failed policy." Read more at www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

Roy Cooper’s commutations should signal the death penalty’s end in North Carolina | Opinion

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death penalty cases. | Opinion

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“The Presidents bold decision to commute federal death sentences today reflects the time-worn lesson that the death penalty is costly, error-prone, arbitrary, and simply does not work” --Faculty Director @brandonlgarrett.bsky.social on today's historic act of clemency. www.npr.org/2024/12/23/g...

Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.

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