Apr 301 minJuvenile lifers can be considered low-risk releasesIn a joint press briefing with the Philadelphia District Attorney's office today, Dr. Daftary-Kapur and Dr. Zottoli presented results from their study of Phi...
Nov 25, 20191 minCongrats to Conor and Tristin!Conor Hogan, third year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program (forensic emphasis) successfully defended his master's thesis, which examined groomi...
Feb 28, 20191 minSCOTUSYesterday, SCOTUS held in Garza v. Idaho that when a defendant’s lawyer does not file appeal on instruction of his client, because there is an appeal waiver ...
Dec 26, 20181 minNew Research Collaboration with the Philadelphia District Attorney's OfficeWe are excited to announce a new research collaboration with the Philadelphia District Attorney's office. Projects in development include a study of the imp...
Dec 26, 20181 minCheck out our new paperOur latest paper on guilty plea decisions of juveniles was published in Law and Human Behavior this month. We interviewed 64 youth and 56 adults who pleaded ...
Aug 28, 20181 minNYS establishes the first committee on prosecutor misconduct in nationOn August 20, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that establishes an independent commission to investigate allegations of prosecutorial miscond...
Aug 8, 20181 minJohn Oliver discusses prosecutorial power on Last Week Tonight (HBO)Watch it here (some adult language)
Jul 10, 20181 minUndisclosed Pod Bonus Episode on Guilty PleasRecently the Undisclosed podcast did an episode on the obstacles to post conviction relief for individuals convicted by guilty plea. Check it out here. #CJre...
May 11, 20181 minMay 2 Wrongful Conviction Panel Discussion on False Guilty PleasAnother great panel discussion on Wrongful Convictions, sponsored by the MSU Psychology Department and the Deskovic Foundation for Justice, was held at MSU o...
Mar 20, 20181 min"Testilying" by policeInteresting NYTimes article on the persistence of false testimony by police in NYC. Read here. Also, consider Akil Reed Amar's position on the exclusionary ...
Mar 13, 20181 minNYS Senate bill sponsored by Jamaal Bailey (D-district 36) will implement automatic discovery in criThis bill would make NY an open file discovery state. Indicate your support for the bill and read more here. #CJreform
Feb 26, 20181 minDOJ just approved (Feb 21) uniform language for latent fingerprint comparisonsExaminers cannot not assert that two friction ridge impressions originated from the same source to the exclusion of all other sources; they cannot assert a 1...
Feb 24, 20181 minCongratulations!!Ryan Schneider has been accepted to the PhD program in Clinical Psychology here at MSU & Victoria Ghering has been accepted to the MA program in Forensic Psy...
Feb 22, 20181 minSCOTUS releases decision in Class V. U.S.A guilty plea, by itself, does not bar a federal criminal defendant from challenging the constitutionality of the statute of conviction on direct appeal. Re...
Feb 18, 20181 minMSU Psychology Department to host three panel discussions on wrongful conviction#MSU #WrongfulConviction
Feb 11, 20181 minColin Miller (Undisclosed Podcast) writes about juvenile life without paroleRead his column on In Justice Today here
Feb 2, 20181 minDr. Zottoli co-authored a column in this month's APLS newsletterLEGAL UPDATE: IGNORANCE OF THE LAW CAN NO LONGER BE A DEFENSE FOR RESEARCHERS Tina M.Zottoli, Ph.D. & Vanessa A. Edkins, Ph.D. Issue Contributors It is only w...
Feb 2, 20181 minMA student, Ryan Schneider, receives $1000 research grant from American Psychology and Law SocietyCatching up on some older news. Ryan was awarded a grant in November of this past year to support his research on factors that contribute to false guilty ple...
Jan 11, 20181 minNew Website Launch!Welcome to the new website for the Adolescent Decision Making and Legal Competencies Lab at Montclair University. Our Blog is currently under construction an...