Prof. Murray was interviewed by Cathy Wurzer on MPR’s “The Takeaway” about Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s decision to convene a grand jury to help determine whether Minneapolis police…
Prof. JaneAnne Murray was quoted in an article in the Star Tribune discussing the upcoming criminal fraud trial involving executives of Starkey Laboratories. Murray noted that trials of high-level…
On October 31, 2017, Professor JaneAnne Murray was elected to the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the nation's premier nonprofit bar association of lawyers, both…
Prof. Murray presented at the 26th Annual Federal Sentencing Conference, organized for practitioners by the FBA, the ABA, and the NACDL. Her topic was “Using Social Science at Sentencing,” and, together with Laura…
Professor JaneAnne Murray was interviewed on Almanac about the acquittal in the trial of police officer Jeronimo Yanez, accused of manslaughter for his killing of Philando Castile during a traffic…
The New York Law Journal featured the Irish American Bar Association’s annual Bloomsday Celebration, founded and co-organized by Professor JaneAnne Murray. It celebrates James Joyce’s masterwork,…
Professor JaneAnne Murray's Clememcy Project at the Law School secured the release of three more clemency applicants on January 17, 2017: Kenneth Gragg, petition drafted by Cresston Gackle (’16); Calvin…
As part of its series on the Obama years, PBS NewsHour did a segment on the President’s clemency initiative. The piece included a profile of one of the clients of Professor Murray’s clemency project,…
Professor Murray was interviewed by Cathy Wurzer on MPR's “Morning Edition” about the Clemency Project she is running at the Law School. In his final days in office, President Obama is expected to grant…
Against the backdrop of the countdown to the end of the Obama administration, and the fading hopes of thousands of federal inmates who have applied for clemency, the Star Tribune featured a client of…
On October 27, 2016, President Obama granted 98 prisoner commutations, bringing to 872 the number of federal inmates who have benefited from his expansive use of presidential pardon power. Among them was…
