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Faculty News

Prof. Perry Moriearty Quoted in Star Tribune about Proposed Changes in Juvenile Justice in Minnesota

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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted by the Star Tribune in an article discussing potential shift in the juvenile justice landscape in Minnesota. Upcoming legislation could reduce the severity of…

Prof. Perry Moriearty Quoted in Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News on Prosecutor Conflict of Interest and Transfer of Case from Hennepin Co. to Ramsey Co.

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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted by Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News on the transfer of a case from Hennepin County to Ramsey County due to a conflict of interest in the prosecutor's…

Prof. Perry Moriearty Quoted By Minnesota Reformer on DFL Push To Make Criminal Justice System More Rehabilitative

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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted by the Minnesota Reformer on the recent push from Democratic lawmakers to make the criminal justice system less punitive.  Discussing the disproportionate…

Prof. Moriearty Quoted by Star Tribune in Piece on Program Offering Pipeline from Prison to a Legal Career

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Maureen Onyelobi, a client of the Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic (CAC), will be the first incarcerated person in the country to attend law school when she begins her first year at Mitchell Hamline…

Time Magazine Covers Release of Myon Burrell, Client of Prof. Moriearty, Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic 

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Professor Perry Moriearty with two of her students, Kaitlyn Falk, 2L, and Matthew DiTullio ’20, represented Myon Burrell before the state Board of Pardons through the Law School's Child Advocacy…

New York Times Covers Release of Myon Burrell, Client of Prof. Moriearty, Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic 

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On Dec. 15, the Minnesota Board of Pardons commuted the sentence of Myon Burrell, client of Professor Perry Moriearty and the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic. Burrell, a juvenile…

Prof. Moriearty Quoted in Washington Post on Racial Inequity in Trying Juveniles as Adults in Minnesota

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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in a Washington Post article regarding the inequity in legal punishment of young Black males in Minnesota. “Black juveniles in Minnesota are eight times more likely to…

Prof. Moriearty Testifies in Support of Bill to Create Felony Murder Reform Task Force in Minnesota

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On March 4, 2020, Professor Perry Moriearty testifed before the Minnesota House of Representatives Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee in support of HF 3976, which would establish a bi-partisan…

Prof. Moriearty Featured in Episode of “Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions” Podcast

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Professor Perry Moriearty is featured as an expert on juvenile justice and the “superpredator era” in the third episode of a new podcast by Northwestern Law School Professors Steve Drizin and Laura Nirider called…

Prof. Moriearty Testifies at Minnesota House Hearing on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

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On January 29, 2020, Professor Perry Moriearty testified at a Joint Informational Hearing of the Minnesota House of Representatives Judiciary and Public Safety Committees entitled, “Race and the Law: How We Can…

Prof. Moriearty Co-Authors Strib Editorial on Juvenile Sentencing

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Professor Perry Moriearty co-authored a counterpoint to the StarTribune's recent editorial on juvenile life without parole. Among other things, the counterpoint argues that the…

Prof. Moriearty on MPR News and Quoted by Multiple Publications in Connection with Recent Supreme Court Decision

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Professor Perry Moriearty was interviewed on MPR and quoted by the Star Tribune…