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Professor JaneAnne Murray was interviewd on Tom Weber's morning news program on MPR regarding the Law School's fourth grant of commutation in President Obama's clemency initiative for low-level, non-violent…

Professor JaneAnne Murray was guoted in an MPR News article relating to the grand jury investigation into the death of Philandro Castile as a result of a police shooting in the line of duty. She…

Professor JaneAnne Murray was interviewed by Jon Collins on MPR about the Clemency Project she has been supervising at the school since late 2014, representing non-violent, low-level drug offenders in their…

The Law School's Clemency Program, established in the fall of 2014 by Professor JaneAnne Murray, was…

Professor JaneAnne Murray, founder of the Bloomsday Celebration of the Irish American Bar Association of New York, was featured in the New York Law Journal along with U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

Professor JaneAnne Murray was interviewed on WCCO News Radio's the John Williams Show about the release of federal inmates planned on November 15, 2015. Dispelling the myth that this would result in a large…

Continuing its in-depth series of investigative articles on the use of confidential informants by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on a D.O.J. Inspector General…
Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted by the Associated Press in a piece that appeared in multiple outlets regarding the recent escape of a non-violent offender from a minimum security prison in Sioux Falls, who went…
Professor JaneAnne Murray organized the sixth annual Bloomsday celebration of the Irish American Bar Association at the Glucksman Ireland House of NYU. The event honors James Joyce, literary Ireland, and the…
Professor JaneAnne Murray was a guest on KCRW's To The Point for an episode entitled "How Many Innocent Americans Are Sitting in Jail?" The episode discussed how local district attorneys get re-elected…
Professor JaneAnne Murray published an op-ed in the New York Times addressing the issue of plea bargaining. The Supreme Court called our criminal justice system "a system of pleas" in 2012, she writes,…
Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article entitled "Experts Offer Solutions to Confidential Informant Problems." The paper has been running a series of investigative…