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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"Can DNA Evidence Be Too Convincing? An Acquitted Man Thinks So"
05/16/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Jeff Sessions Wants Courts to Rely Less on Science and More on 'Science'"
04/24/2017
Mother Jones
Expert: Erin Murphy
"The DNA of a Killer"
04/15/2017
48 Hours
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Critics Worry 'Junk Science' to Reign as Forensic Panel Ends"
04/14/2017
The New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Sessions Is Wrong to Take Science Out of Forensic Science"
04/11/2017
The New York Times
Author: Erin Murphy
"Family of slain jogger Karina Vetrano urge state to approve ‘familial matching’ DNA"
02/10/2017
Newsday
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Conflicting Views on a Wider Police Use of DNA"
02/10/2017
New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Karina Vetrano's Killing Puts DNA Technique Under a Microscope"
12/09/2016
NBC News
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Garland Supporters Make Pre-Election Push"
09/07/2016
National Law Journal
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Law enforcement investigators seek out private DNA databases"
03/26/2016
Associated Press
Expert: Erin Murphy
"DNA Evidence Has A Dark Side"
12/10/2015
Five Thirty Eight (Audio)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Federal privacy law lags far behind personal-health technologies"
11/17/2015
Pro Publica
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Your Relative’s DNA Could Turn You Into a Suspect"
10/13/2015
Wired
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Forensic DNA's Bad Side"
10/09/2015
WNYC (Audio)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"'Great Pause' Among Prosecutors As DNA Proves Fallible"
10/09/2015
NPR (Audio)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"The Dark Side of DNA Databases"
10/08/2015
The Atlantic
Author: Erin Murphy
"DNA At the Fringes: Twins, Chimerism, and Synthetic DNA"
10/07/2015
Daily Beast
Author: Erin Murphy
"Campus sexual assault is rarely black and white"
10/01/2015
Washington Examiner
Expert: Erin Murphy, Stephen Schulhofer
"‘CSI’ has ruined the American justice system"
09/27/2015
New York Post
Expert: Erin Murphy
"The Cop"
08/04/2015
New Yorker
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Ancestry.com shares DNA with police"
05/06/2015
WND
Expert: Erin Murphy
"FBI and Justice Dept. Admit Using Flawed Forensic Evidence for Decades, Putting Thousands of Convictions In Doubt"
04/20/2015
Atlanta Black Star
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Prosecutors Should Use Evidence for Justice, Not Victory"
03/30/2015
New York Times
Author: Erin Murphy
"Durst arrested: Will HBO doc be admissible?"
03/16/2015
MSNBC (Video)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Robert Durst: Hot-Mic 'Killed Them All' Moment on 'The Jinx' Likely Admissible, Experts Say"
03/16/2015
NBC News
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Experts Explain Whether Robert Durst’s 'Confession' Could Be Admissible In Court"
03/16/2015
BuzzFeed News
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Robert Durst: Experts Debate Alleged Murder Confession in TV Show"
03/16/2015
Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Building a Face, and a Case, on DNA"
02/23/2015
New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Thompson Says Review Unit Will Take on Non-Murder Cases"
01/29/2015
New York Law Journal
Expert: Erin Murphy, Kenneth Thompson '92
"Erin Murphy on the Grand Jury System"
12/04/2014
BBC Newshour (Audio)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"Why ‘no’ is considered insufficient resistance"
11/14/2014
MSNBC (Video)
Expert: Erin Murphy
"The Challenge of Defining Rape"
10/11/2014
New York Times
Expert: Erin Murphy, Stephen Schulhofer
"Federal review stalled after finding forensic errors by FBI lab unit spanned two decades"
07/29/2014
Washington Post
Expert: Erin Murphy
"There's a Legal War Over the Definition of Rape"
05/06/2014
New Republic
"Study probes DNA search method that led to 'Grim Sleeper' suspect"
08/14/2013
Los Angeles Times
"Police Agencies Are Assembling Records of DNA"
06/11/2013
New York Times
"They’re Coming for Your DNA"
06/03/2013
Slate
"After the Supreme Court’s DNA decision, what is the future of criminal justice?"
06/03/2013
Washington Post
"Privacy Experts: Supreme Court Ruling on DNA Swabs Could Lead to Big Brother Scenario"
06/03/2013
U.S. News
"Are DNA Profiles the New Social Security Number?"
06/03/2013
Huffington Post
"The Government Wants Your DNA"
03/01/2013
Scientific American
"Privacy vs. prosecution: DNA testing gets high court review"
02/25/2013
CNN
"DNA Privacy Gets First U.S. Supreme Court Test in Rape Case"
02/22/2013
Bloomberg
"Too Much Information: Why collecting DNA from people who are arrested won't help solve more crimes"
02/12/2013
Slate
"Rape Kits Mishandled at NYC Lab"
01/11/2013
WNYC The Takeaway (Audio)
"New York Examines Over 800 Rape Cases for Possible Mishandling of Evidence"
01/10/2013
New York Times
"Wash. Lawmakers Fight For DNA Sampling At Arrest"
02/28/2012
NPR
"Senator calls for independent probe of troubled military crime lab"
04/01/2011
The Kansas City Star