Associate Dean and Professor @UofSCLaw; Blog Editor, EvidenceProf Blog; Co-Host, @Undisclosedpod

Columbia, SC
RT @BellinJ: My latest article, "Evidence Law's AI Problem and the Hearsay Solution" is now available on SSRN. Comments welcome via email!…
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While Carter claims his confession was coerced in the '80s, the prosecutor still plans to take him back to trial (but not seek the death penalty), claiming that Olesen was also shot & the gun was never found.
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My blog post about the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reversing Relief to Melissa Lucio: evidenceprofblog.com/2026/09…
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Horrible news: A sharply divided Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not accept the recommendation of the District Court of Cameron Country that Melissa Lucio is actually innocent: innocenceproject.org/news/me…
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The Court of Criminal Appeals reached this conclusion despite the prosecution, defense, and district court all agreeing that Lucio was wrongfully convicted.
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On October 16, 2024 Judge Nelson found, based on the evidence at trial and new evidence since the trial, that Ms. Lucio was actually innocent, did not kill her daughter, and ruled in her favor on all claims. The court concluded, “no rational juror would convict Ms. Lucio.”
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Colin Miller retweeted
BREAKING @TexasTribune: Following a yearslong lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has ordered Texas to air condition all of the state’s prisons by the end of 2029 — a win for the plaintiffs. texastribune.org/2026/09/22/…
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Highly recommend @_julielew_'s fantasy murder mystery, "Death in Verse." I was a critique partner on the book in which poetry is magic. The book deftly balances twists & turns with timely topics like identity and ideology, and it's a blast to read: goodreads.com/book/show/2474…
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4 men were charged in connection with an abduction & murder over a decade ago. All 4 could be excluded as the source of a fresh palm print left at the location where the victim was taken. A new series of @Undisclosedpod starts 2 weeks from today:
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"Tarrone Barfield was convicted for the 1997 killing of Terrvon Davis, but police withheld evidence that showed Barfield was not the killer — and that his only connection to the shooting was that he had the same nickname as another suspect."
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"The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office agreed that the withheld evidence pointed to his actual innocence, and his conviction was vacated."
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Today's blog post: Should the Clergy Privilege be Inapplicable When a Defendant Confesses to a Bishop With His Mother Present?: evidenceprofblog.com/2026/09…

ALT alexa privilege GIF by The Village

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Today's blog post: Court of Appeals of Kansas Finds Licensed Attorneys Aren’t Automatically Qualified to Testify as Expert Witnesses in Legal Malpractice Cases: evidenceprofblog.com/2026/09…
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"At a court proceeding in late August, Morris's attorneys pointed to a postmortem CT scan of the child's head they said shows she suffered from preexisting medical complications, including blood clotting in her brain."
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