Has the PA Supreme Court opened the door to expert testimony about interrogation techniques and other factors that could render witness testimony “unreliable?” Prof. Jules Epstein examines the outcome in Commonwealth v. McGinnis, decided in December 2023. Read More
The report announcing that no criminal charges would be brought against Joseph Biden for mishandling classified materials brought an unsurprising response from Donald Trump – that this was “selective prosecution.” As he stated in a speech to the NRA, “It was just announced that Joe Biden’s Department of Injustice will bring zero charges against crooked Joe despite the fact he willfully retained undisclosed droves of ultra-classified national security documents.” Trump added “if he’s not going to be charged, that’s up to them, but then I should not be charged.” And this claim has now been made in court papers, as Trump’s lawyers in the documents case filed a new pleading calling it a case that should have never been brought and must ultimately be dismissed on the basis of, inter alia, selective and vindictive prosecution. Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice released a report issued by Special Counsel Robert Hur, finding that President Biden has “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” over the course of …
Holly Maguigan pushed the law and legal systems to recognize the actions of domestic violence survivors as rational and legitimate self-defense. Prof. Jules Epstein shares his thoughts on her legacy in this tribute on her passing. Read More
Prof. Jules Epstein says tweaks to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 about expert witnesses are to remind judges of their role as gatekeeper, ensuring that expert testimony meets applicable standards before juries can hear it. Read More
A Massachusetts mother is accused of murdering her three young children with exercise bands. Prof. Jules Epstein joins Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber to examine the evidence against her. Read More
Prof. Jules Epstein interviewed Saul Kessin, author of Duped, a book about how the Reid method of interrogation produces false confessions, for the ABA. Here’s what he learned. Read More
Prof. Jules Epstein talks with Law&Crime Network’s Angenette Levy about developments in the Bryan Kohberger investigation, including a probe into Amazon purchases connected to the case. Kohberger is accused of fatally stabbing four Idaho college students in November 2022. Watch
In a development Prof. Jules Epstein calls “unusual to the point of being extremely rare, former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial has been granted bail despite facing murder charges in the death of Eddie Irizarry. Read More
A Philly SWAT officer will be retried on assault and official oppression charges in a different PA county after raising concerns that he could not get a fair trial locally. Prof. Jules Epstein says the change in venue is rare. Read More
Prof. Jules Epstein makes the case for testing whether an Australian approach to expert testimony could bring added potency to Pennsylvania’s Rule 403. Read More
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