Event Title
Wrongful Convictions: Science, Experience, and the Law
Location
University of Richmond School of Law Merhige Moot Courtroom
Start Date
29-10-2015 10:00 AM
End Date
29-10-2015 4:30 PM
Description
3.5 MCLE Credit Hours
Schedule:
10:30-11:00 - Registration/Check-In
11:00-12:00 - Introduction to the science behind exonerations by Bradford Jenkins of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science
12:00-12:45 - Lunch
12:45-2:15 - Panel on the "Human Experience" of wrongful convictions from varying perspectives (Mike Herring - Commonwealth's Attorney, Doug Ramseur - Defense Counsel, Shawn Armbrust, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project)
2:15-2:30 - Break
2:30-3:30 -Legal wrap up of where we are in Virginia on reforms, discussion of case law and relevant statutes by Brandon Garrett, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia
3:30-4:30- Reception
Wrongful Convictions: Science, Experience, and the Law
University of Richmond School of Law Merhige Moot Courtroom
3.5 MCLE Credit Hours
Schedule:
10:30-11:00 - Registration/Check-In
11:00-12:00 - Introduction to the science behind exonerations by Bradford Jenkins of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science
12:00-12:45 - Lunch
12:45-2:15 - Panel on the "Human Experience" of wrongful convictions from varying perspectives (Mike Herring - Commonwealth's Attorney, Doug Ramseur - Defense Counsel, Shawn Armbrust, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project)
2:15-2:30 - Break
2:30-3:30 -Legal wrap up of where we are in Virginia on reforms, discussion of case law and relevant statutes by Brandon Garrett, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia
3:30-4:30- Reception
Comments
Virginia Rules of the Supreme Court 3A:11 (current criminal discovery rule)
VA Court of Appeals materials on the writ
Example of the writ being granted
2008 analysis by the Crime Commission
Proposal (unsuccessful) to amend the writ
Haynesworth v. Commonwealth, 717 S.E. 2d 817, 59 Va.App. 197 (Dec. 6, 2011)