PDS In the News

The Washington Post

Improve D.C.'s Parole Practices

The Washington Post

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

FiveThirtyEight Science

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

Washington Post

The government wants to move the D.C. public defender’s office. That could be disastrous.

The Guardian

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

Washington Post

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

The Washington Post

D.C. Man Imprisoned by Flawed FBI Forensic Evidence Exonerated

PUBLIC DEFENDERS MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES by Director Avis E. Buchanan

A Call To Action: PUBLIC DEFENDERS MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES

The White House

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

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has recommended PDS alumna Jia Cobb to President Biden for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Congratulations, Jia!

The Washington Post

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

National Geographic

How Science Is Putting a New Face on Crime Solving

D.C. Bar

Avis E. Buchanan Honored With Thurgood Marshall Award

D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as deadline looms.

Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic

Director Avis E. Buchanan receives the Washington Council of Lawyers 2014 President's Award for Public Service

D.C. jail inmates with coronavirus barred from access to lawyers, family, showers and changes of clothing, inspectors say

CCTV America

FBI Admits to Flawed Forensic Analyses for Cases

WAMU 88.5 American University Radio

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

The Institute of Politics at Harvard University

Internship Reflections: Maya Jenkins '21

Coronavirus-related court actions seek release of D.C. prisoners, psychiatric patients

The Washington Post

A New Rule Could Help Ensure That Prosecutors Share Info With The Defense

The Washington Post

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