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    PDS Director Avis E. Buchanan Receives the 2018 Law Students in Court Celebration of Service Award

    Apr 22, 2018
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  • Washington Post

    Civil Rights Attorney Charles Ogletree’s Mind Is A Weapon. Now, It’s Fighting Him.

    Dec 3, 2017
    Read More Civil Rights Attorney Charles Ogletree’s Mind Is A Weapon. Now, It’s Fighting Him.
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  • The Washington Post

    Judge Blasts District Agency for Treatment of Defendants with Mental Illness (The Washington Post)

    Oct 26, 2017
    Read More Judge Blasts District Agency for Treatment of Defendants with Mental Illness (The Washington Post)
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  • The Washington Post

    Forensic Errors Trigger Reviews of D.C. Crime Lab Ballistics Unit, Prosecutors Say

    Mar 23, 2017
    Read More Forensic Errors Trigger Reviews of D.C. Crime Lab Ballistics Unit, Prosecutors Say
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  • The Washington Post

    D.C. Lets Some People With Outstanding Warrants Do a ‘Safe Surrender’ at Court

    Sep 7, 2016
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  • CNN

    Charges Dropped in Chandra Levy Murder

    Aug 1, 2016
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  • The White House

    President Obama Nominates Jason D. Tulley to Serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

    Jun 28, 2016
    Read More President Obama Nominates Jason D. Tulley to Serve on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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  • National Geographic

    How Science Is Putting a New Face on Crime Solving

    Jun 15, 2016
    Read More How Science Is Putting a New Face on Crime Solving
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  • Huffington Post

    Expanding the Role of Public Defenders in Reentry: Improving Public Safety, Protecting the Rights of Formerly Incarcerated People

    Apr 25, 2016
    Read More Expanding the Role of Public Defenders in Reentry: Improving Public Safety, Protecting the Rights of Formerly Incarcerated People
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    A New Rule Could Help Ensure That Prosecutors Share Info With The Defense

    Mar 20, 2016
    Read More A New Rule Could Help Ensure That Prosecutors Share Info With The Defense
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  • D.C. Bar

    Avis E. Buchanan Honored With Thurgood Marshall Award

    Mar 16, 2016
    Read More Avis E. Buchanan Honored With Thurgood Marshall Award
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    A Familiar Story: D.C. Police Conduct Violent Home Raids Based on Scant Evidence

    Mar 9, 2016
    Read More A Familiar Story: D.C. Police Conduct Violent Home Raids Based on Scant Evidence
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  • Washington Post (Editorial Board)

    The District Police’s Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

    Mar 8, 2016
    Read More The District Police’s Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
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  • Washington Post

    Judge Orders D.C. to Pay $13.2 Million in Wrongful FBI Hair Conviction Case (PDS Client Santae A. Tribble)

    Feb 28, 2016
    Read More Judge Orders D.C. to Pay $13.2 Million in Wrongful FBI Hair Conviction Case (PDS Client Santae A. Tribble)
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  • FiveThirtyEight Science

    DNA Evidence Has A Dark Side (featuring PDS alumna Erin Murphy)

    Dec 9, 2015
    Read More DNA Evidence Has A Dark Side (featuring PDS alumna Erin Murphy)
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  • The Washington Post

    D.C. Court Considers How To Screen Out ‘Bad Science’ In Local Trials

    Nov 24, 2015
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  • The Washington Post

    27 Years Locked Up For A Crime He Didn’t Commit

    Nov 22, 2015
    Read More 27 Years Locked Up For A Crime He Didn’t Commit
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  • WAMU 88.5 American University Radio

    She Was A Foster Kid. Now She's A D.C. Judge Overseeing The Foster System.

    Nov 19, 2015
    Read More She Was A Foster Kid. Now She's A D.C. Judge Overseeing The Foster System.
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  • The Washington Post

    D.C. police framed man imprisoned 27 years for 1981 murder, U.S. jury finds

    Nov 17, 2015
    Read More D.C. police framed man imprisoned 27 years for 1981 murder, U.S. jury finds
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  • NBC News

    Do You Have an Unknown Criminal History?

    Sep 10, 2015
    Read More Do You Have an Unknown Criminal History?
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  • Al Jazeera America

    Local cases overlooked in national review of flawed hair evidence

    Aug 16, 2015
    Read More Local cases overlooked in national review of flawed hair evidence
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  • The Washington Post

    Improve D.C.'s Parole Practices

    Aug 13, 2015
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  • The Washington Post

    Representing Freddie Gray's Family: A Venerable Lawyer in Cases Involving Race, Police, and Death

    Jul 24, 2015
    Read More Representing Freddie Gray's Family: A Venerable Lawyer in Cases Involving Race, Police, and Death
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  • The Guardian

    The Man Who Was Jailed for 22 Years - on the Fantasy Evidence of a Single Hair

    Jun 22, 2015
    Read More The Man Who Was Jailed for 22 Years - on the Fantasy Evidence of a Single Hair
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