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Faculty News

Prof. Murray Speaks on KCRW's To The Point Episode, "How Many Innocent Americans Are Sitting in Jail?"

—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…

Prof. Murray Publishes Op-Ed on Plea Bargaining in New York Times

—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,…

Prof. Murray Quoted in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Solutions to Confidential Informant Problems

—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…

Prof. Murray Publishes Article in National Law Journal on 'The Never-Ending Search of Digital Data'

—Professor JaneAnne Murray published an article in the National Law Journal addressing the question of whether the government gets to keep a perpetual police ribbon around seized electronic data, into…

Prof. Murray Trains Volunteer Clemency Lawyers in Washington, D.C.

—Professor JaneAnne Murray was one of the faculty training volunteer lawyers in a two-day training event in Washington, D.C., in Clemency Project 2014 (CP2014) on July 15-16, 2014. CP2014 is a historic collaboration…

Prof. Murray Organizes and Presents Bloomsday Celebration in New York City

—Practitioner in Residence JaneAnne Murray presented the annual Bloomsday Celebration she devised for the Irish American Bar Association of New York in the rotunda of the Supreme Courthouse of New York City. Murray…

Prof. Murray Speaks at Federal Sentencing Guidelines Seminar

—Practitioner-in-Residence JaneAnne Murray spoke at the 23rd Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines organized by the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association and National Association of…

Prof. Murray Appointed to Training Working Group for Clemency Project 2014

—Professor JaneAnne Murray has been appointed by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers a member of the Training Working Group for Clemency Project 2014, a joint initiative of the Obama administration…

Prof. Murray Quoted by Reuters on Sentencing in Insider Trading Case

—Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted by Reuters in an article about the sentencing of Rajat Gupta, the Wall Street titan convicted after trial of insider trading crimes. Noting that the sentencing judge must…

Prof. Murray Quoted in Thomson Reuters on Insider Trading Trial

—Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted in a Thomson Reuters article entitled "Gupta's Fate may Hinge on Witnesses, Not Wiretaps." Murray was quoted saying, "The 'wrong place in the wrong time' defense works once, maybe…

Prof. Murray Quoted in Thomson Reuters on Counsel for Defendants in Plea Bargaining Context

—Professor JaneAnne Murray was quoted in a Thomson Reuters article on the Supreme Court ruling last week that defendants had a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in the context of plea bargaining…