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Archive: March 2021

Virginia Sentencing Commission References Wilson Center Work, UVA Colleagues in Annual Report

March 10, 2021

By Chinmay Amin

In its yearly report, the Virginia Sentencing Commission directly cited a recent paper co-authored by Wilson Center Director Brandon Garrett and colleagues John Monahan and Anne Metz.

The Commission is a state judicial branch agency made up … Continue Reading →

Eyewitness Conference Examines Importance, Pitfalls of Evidence

November 30, 2020

By: Sydney Gaviser

Eyewitness testimony is one of the oldest and most basic forms of trial evidence. If a witness sees a person commit a crime, reports to the police, and is able to identify the culprit in a lineup … Continue Reading →

Wilson Researchers to Bail Working Group: Durham Jail Population Down after Reforms but we Need Better Data

November 24, 2020

Researchers from the Wilson Center for Science and Justice have been scraping jail data in Durham in an effort to analyze pretrial policies and practices concerning the use of cash bail.

Wilson Center Research Director William E. Crozier, Center Director … Continue Reading →