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New report demonstrates how early planning, peer support, and location shape reentry success A new report from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law draws on more than a dozen in-depth interviews with formerly incarcerated individuals across North Carolina to uncover the real experiences of people returning from prison and where the […]

The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is excited to announce the launch of a new public resource: the Forensic Expert Evidence Database, a searchable collection of court decisions addressing when and how forensic expert testimony is admitted in criminal cases. The database brings together reported decisions from courts across all fifty states […]

Announcing a New Webinar Series Life on Hold: The Real Impact of Driver’s License Suspensions Life on Hold is a three-part webinar series examining how driver’s license suspensions in North Carolina reverberate far beyond the roadway. In our state, if someone fails to pay a fine for a traffic infraction or does not show up […]

The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School is pleased to announce that Paul R. Genender (Duke A.B. ’91, J.D. ’94) has joined the Center’s Advisory Board.  Genender is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the firm’s Complex Litigation and Arbitration practice, chair of the Texas […]

A guide for communities implementing diversion programs connecting people to substance use services instead of incarceration Across North Carolina, communities are rethinking how they respond to low-level, non-violent offenses related to substance use-and a new handbook is here to help. We’re excited to share the launch of Pre-Arrest Diversion in North Carolina: A Handbook for Law […]

Last month, we were privileged to partner with the Duke Justice Project, Duke’s undergraduate group focused on advancing criminal justice, to host a screening and talkback of HBO’s The Alabama Solution. The film exposes abuses and neglect in Alabama’s prison system, including beatings and deaths in custody, rampant drug use, lack of adequate resources, and […]

Users can explore two decades of life sentences in the United States The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University School of Law has released a groundbreaking new public resource: the Life Sentences Dashboard, a comprehensive, interactive platform bringing together decades of national data on life imprisonment in the United States. The dashboard […]

New gift renews Wilson’s commitment, allowing the Center to continue and expand its work in creating a safer and fairer criminal legal system The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law School has received a $5 million gift from Derek Wilson ’86, M.B.A. ’90, P’15 and the Wilson Foundation. This new commitment renews […]