Dr. Daftary-Kapur receives grant from National Institute of Justice
Dr. Daftary-Kapur recently received a grant from the National Institute of Justice to examine the variations in “second look” sentencing...
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THE LEGAL DECISION
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- Mar 9, 2023
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Congratulations to Julia & Drew
Congratulations to our doctoral student Julia Stratton and Master's student Drew Melancon for their APLS Grant-In-Aid awards! Julia's...
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- Feb 23, 2023
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Congratulations Ryan & Tristin
Congratulations to our doctoral student's Ryan Schneider and Tristin Faust for successfully matching for internship! Ryan will be doing...
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- Mar 15, 2022
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Juvenile-lifers released in Philadelphia are doing well
Our latest paper (in press) reports on survey data from 112 juvenile–lifers released in Philadelphia. We asked about their early life...
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- Mar 4, 2022
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Congratulations to Lauren!
Congratulations to our doctoral student Lauren Grove for successfully matching for internship!!
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- Mar 4, 2022
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Congratulations Kim!
Kimberly Echevarria, is a first year MA student, in the Legal Decision Making Lab and the Clinical Psychology program, Forensic...
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- Dec 30, 2020
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Congratulations Brandon!
Congratulations to lab member Brandon Shintani on being accepted to the very selective Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS)! YYGS...
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- Oct 21, 2020
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Congratulations Conor & Jenn!!
Conor Hogan and Jenn Bartlett have the distinction of being the first doc students from the MSU Legal Decisions Making lab to pass...
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- Oct 8, 2020
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Juvenile Lifers Should be Considered for Early Release
In light of the pandemic, some parole boards and prosecutor have released elderly inmates and those who have been convicted of low-level...
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- Nov 25, 2019
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Congrats to Conor and Tristin!
Conor Hogan, third year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program (forensic emphasis) successfully defended his master's thesis,...
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- Feb 28, 2019
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SCOTUS
Yesterday, SCOTUS held in Garza v. Idaho that when a defendant’s lawyer does not file appeal on instruction of his client, because there...
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- Dec 26, 2018
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New Research Collaboration with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
We are excited to announce a new research collaboration with the Philadelphia District Attorney's office. Projects in development ...
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- Dec 26, 2018
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Check out our new paper
Our latest paper on guilty plea decisions of juveniles was published in Law and Human Behavior this month. We interviewed 64 youth and 56...
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- Aug 28, 2018
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NYS establishes the first committee on prosecutor misconduct in nation
On August 20, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that establishes an independent commission to investigate allegations of...
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- Aug 8, 2018
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John Oliver discusses prosecutorial power on Last Week Tonight (HBO)
Watch it here (some adult language)
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- Jul 10, 2018
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Undisclosed Pod Bonus Episode on Guilty Pleas
Recently the Undisclosed podcast did an episode on the obstacles to post conviction relief for individuals convicted by guilty plea....
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- May 11, 2018
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May 2 Wrongful Conviction Panel Discussion on False Guilty Pleas
Another great panel discussion on Wrongful Convictions, sponsored by the MSU Psychology Department and the Deskovic Foundation for...
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- Mar 20, 2018
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"Testilying" by police
Interesting NYTimes article on the persistence of false testimony by police in NYC. Read here. Also, consider Akil Reed Amar's position...
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