Daniel Medwed
@danielmedwed.bsky.social
Law Prof, Northeastern University; Board, New England Innocence Project; Author “Barred” (Hachette/Basic Books, 2022)
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Daniel Medwed
@danielmedwed.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Just Xcaped from the hellscape and enjoying the sight of blue skies
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Prosecutors in the Brian Walshe murder trial “did an excellent job of introducing circumstantial evidence & providing the breadcrumbs that led the jury down the path toward finding premeditation,” Professor @danielmedwed.bsky.social tells Mass. Lawyers Weekly.
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Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife | Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
Brian Walshe was sentenced on Dec. 18 to life in prison for the grisly murder of his wife, who disappeared nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Prosecutors in the Brian Walshe murder trial “did an excellent job of introducing circumstantial evidence & providing the breadcrumbs that led the jury down the path toward finding premeditation,” Professor @danielmedwed.bsky.social tells Mass. Lawyers Weekly.
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This is a great reminder that governors can–and SHOULD–use their pardon powers more frequently.
Pardons are powerful and can help fix injustices in the criminal legal system, but, sadly, across the U.S., they're severely underused.
Pardons are powerful and can help fix injustices in the criminal legal system, but, sadly, across the U.S., they're severely underused.
Jelly Roll among the 33 granted pardons by Governor Bill Lee on Thursday
Jelly Roll is among 33 Tennesseans pardoned by Governor Lee. The list also includes Shawn Baker, founder of Freeman Recovery Center, and others who have turned their lives around.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is a great reminder that governors can–and SHOULD–use their pardon powers more frequently.
Pardons are powerful and can help fix injustices in the criminal legal system, but, sadly, across the U.S., they're severely underused.
Pardons are powerful and can help fix injustices in the criminal legal system, but, sadly, across the U.S., they're severely underused.
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On KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast, Professor Daniel Medwed discusses the challenges of selecting a fair jury in an era when high-profile cases unfold in real time across millions of screens. @kqednews.kqed.org
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One Year Later, The Internet’s Still Talking About Luigi Mangione | KQED
On December 4, 2024, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a Midtown New York hotel. The subsequent arrest of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione set off a frenzy far beyond a typica...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast, Professor Daniel Medwed discusses the challenges of selecting a fair jury in an era when high-profile cases unfold in real time across millions of screens. @kqednews.kqed.org
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Northeastern Law's FlexJD program has been ranked No. 1 on University Magazine's list of the Best Online Law Schools in America for 2026! #NUSLPride
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The Best Online Law Schools In America 2026
Online and hybrid JD programs have grown rapidly as students seek flexible paths into the legal field. The Best Online Law School Programs for 2026 give working adults and part-time learners access to...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Northeastern Law's FlexJD program has been ranked No. 1 on University Magazine's list of the Best Online Law Schools in America for 2026! #NUSLPride
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Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social shares his perspective on Karen Read’s acquittal in @nytimes.com: “At bottom, trials are about putting the government’s evidence to the test. Norfolk prosecutors simply failed the test.”
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Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Boyfriend’s Death Outside Boston
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June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social shares his perspective on Karen Read’s acquittal in @nytimes.com: “At bottom, trials are about putting the government’s evidence to the test. Norfolk prosecutors simply failed the test.”
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Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social provides expert legal analysis on WCVB Channel 5 as the Karen Read trial reaches its final phase. 🎥 Watch the full segment here:
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Watch: Full closing arguments in Karen Read murder trial
Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read have deliver their closing arguments after weeks of testimony.
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June 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social provides expert legal analysis on WCVB Channel 5 as the Karen Read trial reaches its final phase. 🎥 Watch the full segment here:
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Way to go David!
Congratulations to Professor David Simon @davidasimon.bsky.social on his selection as a 2025 Health Law Scholar by @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics! #NUSLPride
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June 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Way to go David!
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Congratulations to Professors Andrew Haile, Melanie Roberts and Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social, recipients of Northeastern Law’s 2025 Teacher of the Year award! #NUSLPride
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Honoring Excellence: Haile, Roberts and Medwed Named 2025 Teachers of the Year - School of Law -
Northeastern Law faculty members Andrew Haile, Melanie Roberts and Daniel Medwed are the 2025 recipients of the school’s Teacher of the Year award.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Congratulations to Professors Andrew Haile, Melanie Roberts and Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social, recipients of Northeastern Law’s 2025 Teacher of the Year award! #NUSLPride
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Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom will present her work on “Examining the Exclusionary Rule in Revocation Proceedings” this morning as a panelist at the 2025 Law of the Police Conference, hosted by University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. #NUSLPride
June 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Professor Aliza Hochman Bloom will present her work on “Examining the Exclusionary Rule in Revocation Proceedings” this morning as a panelist at the 2025 Law of the Police Conference, hosted by University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. #NUSLPride
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Shout out to Northeastern Law Professors Elettra Bietti and Aliza Hochman Bloom, and all who are presenting at the 2025 Privacy Law Scholars Conference this week at University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law! #NUSLPride #PLSC2025 @clicatnusl.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu
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May 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Shout out to Northeastern Law Professors Elettra Bietti and Aliza Hochman Bloom, and all who are presenting at the 2025 Privacy Law Scholars Conference this week at University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law! #NUSLPride #PLSC2025 @clicatnusl.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu
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So proud of our eldest daughter. I have loved being a dance dad!
May 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So proud of our eldest daughter. I have loved being a dance dad!
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Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social joined WGN Radio’s Legal Face Off to discuss the latest in the retrial of Karen Read. @wgnradio.bsky.social
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May 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Listen back: Professor Daniel Medwed @danielmedwed.bsky.social joined WGN Radio’s Legal Face Off to discuss the latest in the retrial of Karen Read. @wgnradio.bsky.social
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NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Another case of police violence against people with disabilities www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The killing of an autistic teen highlights potential police violence that people with disabilities face
Victor Perez’s death and others like it have prompted calls for police to undergo mandatory autism training.
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April 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Another case of police violence against people with disabilities www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Happy Giving Day at Northeastern for those who observe! Https://givingday.northeastern.edu/pages/school-of-law-4?referral_id=67c5f66c18fe5ceb87f21691
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April 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Giving Day at Northeastern for those who observe! Https://givingday.northeastern.edu/pages/school-of-law-4?referral_id=67c5f66c18fe5ceb87f21691
A consistent theme in Missouri of resistance to innocence claims www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/03/m...
Woman’s Case Spotlights Missouri’s Resistance to Innocence Claims
Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, the Missouri attorney general tried to send her back.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A consistent theme in Missouri of resistance to innocence claims www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/03/m...
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We are asking MA to pass legislation that prevents police from lying to people they are interrogating and to record interrogations. Take a listen to this episode about false confessions and, if you are in MA, please ask your legislators to co-sponsor H1847 / S1136.
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Did I Really Do That? | Hidden Brain Media
Have you ever been falsely accused of something? This week, why we sometimes act against our own self-interest — even when the stakes are at their highest.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We are asking MA to pass legislation that prevents police from lying to people they are interrogating and to record interrogations. Take a listen to this episode about false confessions and, if you are in MA, please ask your legislators to co-sponsor H1847 / S1136.
hiddenbrain.org/podcast/did-...
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I am so proud of my former student Rachel Cohen (Harvard Law ‘22) for taking a stand against this attack on the legal profession. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
How major law firms are responding to Trump’s attacks
Law firms are torn on how to handle the new Trump administration as the president targets some of their own.
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March 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I am so proud of my former student Rachel Cohen (Harvard Law ‘22) for taking a stand against this attack on the legal profession. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Brilliant program in New Orleans public defender office open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
The redeem team
Collectively, they spent 155 years in prison. Now they counsel other people facing their own long sentences. A conversation with five "peer advocates" at the New Orleans public defender's office.
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March 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Brilliant program in New Orleans public defender office open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
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Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death in 1998 after Texas prosecutors failed to disclose that their key witness at trial was a paid informant. This case's display of prosecutorial misconduct serves as a stark reminder of enduring problems in the death penalty.
Fifth Circuit Vacates Texas Woman’s Conviction After 27 Years on Death Row
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the conviction of Brittany Holberg.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death in 1998 after Texas prosecutors failed to disclose that their key witness at trial was a paid informant. This case's display of prosecutorial misconduct serves as a stark reminder of enduring problems in the death penalty.
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On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night.
Mar. 13, 2020 | Louisville Police Kill Breonna Taylor During Nighttime No-Knock Raid
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 2020, Louisville police officers shot and killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in the middle of the night.
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"‘I don’t want to die for something I didn’t do’: The day Alabama’s governor spared Rocky Myers": www.al.com/news/2025/03...
‘I don’t want to die for something I didn’t do’: The day Gov. Ivey spared Rocky Myers
Robin "Rocky" Myers shares what happened when he learned the news that he wouldn't be executed by the state of Alabama for a crime he's long said he did not commit.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"‘I don’t want to die for something I didn’t do’: The day Alabama’s governor spared Rocky Myers": www.al.com/news/2025/03...
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Professor Sharmila Murthy will speak at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law Center for Law and Health's Spring Virtual Grand Rounds on March 25. Her talk will examine legal barriers to water affordability & explore policy reforms to improve access. #NUSLPride mckinneylaw.iu.edu/events/curre...
Current Events: Events: IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law: Indiana University Indianapolis
Current events at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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March 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Professor Sharmila Murthy will speak at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law Center for Law and Health's Spring Virtual Grand Rounds on March 25. Her talk will examine legal barriers to water affordability & explore policy reforms to improve access. #NUSLPride mckinneylaw.iu.edu/events/curre...
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"Suspicion by Association" explores four troubling policing contexts in which individuals become the subject of criminal suspicion based on the company they keep. It's forthcoming in Arizona Law Review, and I welcome all feedback. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
SUSPICION BY ASSOCIATION
The constitutional requirement that police have individualized suspicion prior to a stop, search or arrest was an essential limitation on the state's power. It
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March 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"Suspicion by Association" explores four troubling policing contexts in which individuals become the subject of criminal suspicion based on the company they keep. It's forthcoming in Arizona Law Review, and I welcome all feedback. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....