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Daniel Medwed on GBH News: A 1905 Supreme Court Case From Cambridge Echoes Today’s Vaccine Mandate Debate

Listen to the full GBH News podcast here. Excerpt: Private companies and public entities are increasingly turning to vaccine “mandates” as…

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Daniel Medwed Interview on GBH Morning Edition: How Should COVID Affect A Prisoner’s Release Or Sentence? In Mass., Courts To Weigh In

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on vulnerable communities in Massachusetts. This week the Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral…

Daniel Medwed in WGBH: SJC Considers Validity Of Non-Consensual Blood Alcohol Test

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court holds oral arguments in appellate cases from September to May and issues opinions in those cases throughout the year. WGBH Morning Edition fill-in host Aaron Schacter spoke with Northeastern University law professor and WGBH News legal analyst Daniel Medwed about one of the cases that stood out. The transcript below has been edited for clarity.

Daniel Medwed in WGBH: Now That SCOTUS Has Denied Michelle Carter’s Appeal, What’s Next?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Michelle Carter's appeal in the texting suicide case. Carter was convicted in 2017 of involuntary…

Daniel Medwed in WGBH: How Clemency Works In Massachusetts

President Donald Trump recently issued a number of federal pardons, including to former Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich, raising questions about clemency power and how it can be used on the federal and state levels. WGBH News' Morning Edition host Joe Mathieu spoke with Northeastern University law professor and WGBH News legal analyst Daniel Medwed about how clemency works in Massachusetts specifically. The transcript below has been edited for clarity.

Daniel Medwed in The Daily Free Press: State Legislature creates police standards commission, bans chokeholds

he Massachusetts Legislature passed a police reform bill Tuesday banning chokeholds, allowing officers to report each other’s inappropriate or violent…

Daniel Medwed in News@Northeastern: Who else could President pardon? Joe Exotic? Himself?

President Donald Trump, who recently granted a pardon to former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn, has tweeted that he has…

Daniel Medwed in GBH News: How Do Prosecutors In Massachusetts Prove A Hate Crime?

Last weekend’s murder of two Black people in Winthrop by a 28-year-old white man, Nathan Allen, has raised a host…

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Daniel Medwed Featured in The Washington Post: The Jurors who will Decide Derek Chauvin’s Fate

Two weeks of jury selection in Chauvin’s murder trial recently whittled a pool of more than 300 potential jurors down to…

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Daniel Medwed Featured in The Washington Post: How Derek Chauvin became the Rare Police Officer Convicted of murder

The case against Derek Chauvin looked formidable. Video footage captured him with his knee pressed against George Floyd’s neck for…

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Daniel Medwed Featured in GBH News: Reflecting On U.S. Attorney’s Legacy In Massachusetts As Biden Assembles New Administration

While President-elect Joe Biden is in the process of assembling his leadership team in Washington, there's a lot of chatter…

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Daniel Medwed Featured in GBH News: Can You Impeach A President Who Is No Longer In Office? It’s Not 100% Clear

The U.S. House of Representatives formally introduced a single article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him…