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Prof. Murray's Clemency Project Featured in the Star Tribune

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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…

Prof. Murray's Clemency Project Featured in Rolling Stone

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Rolling Stone profiled one of the clients represented by Professor JaneAnne Murray and the students in her Clemency Project at the Law School.

Law School's Clemency Project Secures Fifth Commutation

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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…

Prof. Murray on MPR About Commutation for Another Clemency Project Client

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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…

Prof. Murray Interviewed by MPR Regarding Grand Jury Investigation in Castile Case

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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…

Prof. Murray Interviewed on MPR About Obama's Commuted Sentence for Client

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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…

Law School's Clemency Program, Established by Prof. Murray, Featured in Star Tribune

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

Prof. Murray Featured in New York Law Journal with Second Circuit Judge Reena Raggi

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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…

Prof. Murray Discusses Nov. 15, 2015, Federal Prisoner Release on WCCO Radio

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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…

Prof. Murray Quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Confidential Informants

—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…

Prof. Murray Quoted by AP on Prison Escape

—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…

Prof. Murray Organizes First Amendment Celebration in New York City

—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…