Phone: (434) 924-4153

E-mail: bgarrett@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Civil procedure, civil rights, complex litigation, constitutional law, criminal procedure, federal courts, policing, remedies, torts, wrongful conviction, class actions, equal protection

All Courses: Post-conviction Remedies, Civil Procedure

Current Course(s): Civil Procedure (J), Wrongful Convictions

In the Media:

• "Justice Dept. to Review Bush Policy on DNA Test Waivers" (The Washington Post, 10/11/2009)
• "High Court: Test Results Not Enough" (The News Virginian, 06/30/2009)
• "Pennsylvania Prisoners Seeking Exoneration Via DNA May Get Help" (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 06/29/2009)
• "Prosecutors Block Access to DNA Testing for Inmates" (New York Times, 05/18/2009)
• “Give Troy Anthony Davis a New Trial” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 05/15/2009)
• "Conviction questioned in wake of CSI charges" (The Associated Press, 04/24/2009)
• "Forensic Experts Gave Flawed Evidence in 4 Virginia Cases in ‘80s, Study Finds" (The Richmond Times-Dispatch, 03/16/2009)
• "Clueless 'Science'" (The Los Angeles Times, 02/19/2009)
• "Government-Funded Study Calls for Overhaul of Nation’s Crime Labs" (ProPublica, 02/18/2009)
• "Report: Forensics Rife With 'Serious Problems'" (National Public Radio, 02/18/2009)
• "Houston: They all have a problem" (The Houston Chronicle, 02/07/2009)
• "Va. Cases Shed Light on False Convictions (The Richmond Times-Dispatch, 01/12/2009)
• "Grief, Rage Pave Path To Deadly Injustice" (Hartford Courant, 10/05/2008)
• "Va. DNA Project is in Uncharted Territory" (Washington Post, 08/17/2008)
• "Lessons from DNA" (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 07/09/2008)
• "Post-Ashcroft Bill would tighten hiring of Corporate Monitors" (New Jersey Lawyer, 04/04/2008)
• "DOJ Issues Guidelines on Corporate Monitors" (Law.com, 03/11/2008)
• "DOJ Issues Guidelines on Corporate Monitors" (Blog of Legal Times, 03/10/2008)
• "Proposed Reforms Shown to Work" (The Columbus Dispatch, 02/24/2008)
• "Mukasey Had Been Overseer Finalist" (The Washington Post, 01/30/2008)
• "Charlottesville–Right Now" ("Charlottesville–Right Now" on WINA 1070 AM , 08/15/2007)
• "Troy Davis' 'Day in Court' Brought Travesty of Justice" (Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, 08/08/2007)
• "Innocents in Prison" (The Atlantic Monthly, 08/07/2007)
• "DNA Exonerations / A Look at the First 200 Cases" (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 08/06/2007)
• "The DNA 200/DNA Exonerations Spotlight Problems with Judicial System" (Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star, 08/03/2007)
• "Blind Justice Often Error Prone" (The Virginian-Pilot, 07/30/2007)
• "Securing Innocence" (Baltimoresun.com, 07/29/2007)
• "Death? Avoid Two Wrongs / In 1989 Case, Questions Can't Go Unanswered" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 07/25/2007)
• "Wrongful Convictions Studied/U.Va. Expert Identifies Failures in Cases of 200 People Cleared by DNA" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 07/23/2007)
• "Study of Wrongful Convictions Raises Questions Beyond DNA" (The New York Times, 07/23/2007)
• "Mistaken IDs Spur Most Bad Convictions" (ABA Journal, 07/23/2007)
• "Structural Reform Prosecution" Review" (CrimProf Blog, 07/05/2007)
• "Judge Mulls Class Action Certification for DNA Suit" ((Charlottesville) Daily Progress, 07/17/2006)
• "Death Penalty Cases: Judging Innocence" (co-author) (The National Law Journal, 01/09/2006)