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CONTACT
deirdre@virginia.edu
(434) 243-4942
Room SL247

ASSISTANT
Cynthia (Cindy) A. Derrick

Current Courses
In the Media

• "Stafford Teen Will Get a Chance to Clear Name" (The Free-Lance Star, 02/25/2013)
• "Virginia Man Exonerated of 1978 Rape" (Staunton News-Leader, 05/25/2012)
• "Va. Supreme Court Clears Charles City Co. Man in 1978 Rape" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 05/24/2012)
• "Charles City Man Cleared in '78 Rape of W&M Student" (The Virginian-Pilot, 05/24/2012)
• "Va. AG Backs Writ of Actual Innocence for James City County Man" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 05/01/2012)
• "UVa's Innocence Project Having a Busy -- and Possibly Banner -- Year" (The Daily Progress, 04/14/2012)
• "Culpeper Sheriff Defends Conduct in Hash Case" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 03/18/2012)
• "Hash Could Taste Freedom Wednesday" (The Free-Lance Star, 03/13/2012)
• "The Exoneration of Bennett Barbour" (Slate, 03/12/2012)
• "With New DNA Evidence, Charles City Man Asked Name to be Cleared" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 03/07/2012)
• "Hash Conviction Overturned: Father: It Was All Lies" (Culpeper Star-Exponent, 03/02/2012)
• "Stafford Rape Case May Get New Hearing" (Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star, 03/02/2012)
• "Virginia High Court Clears Way for Man to Seek Overturn of 2007 Rape Conviction" (Associated Press, 03/02/2012)
• "Virginia Court Clears Way for Rape Conviction Reversal" (The Daily Progress, 03/02/2012)
• "DNA Proves Wrongful Conviction" (WVTF/Radio IQ, 02/12/2012)
• "Wrongful Conviction, Delayed Justice" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 02/05/2012)
• "A Bill Seeking Justice to Juveniles Wrongly Convicted of Crimes" (The Free Lance-Star, 01/17/2012)
• "Wrongly Accused Rape Convict Takes Case to Va. Supreme Court" (Washington Post, 01/13/2012)
• "Juvenile Case Highlights Flaw in Sex Offender Registry" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 01/02/2012)
• "Va. family still suffers effects of guilty plea to false charge" (Washington Post, 11/26/2011)
• "Wake-Up Call: The Virginia Innocence Project" (WNRN, 11/13/2011)
• "Evening Edition for September 15, 2011" (WVTF, 09/15/2011)
• "Murder Conviction Most Foul" (Slate, 09/14/2011)
• The Innocence Project (WVTF/RadioIQ, 09/07/2011)
• Law Students Help Overturn Conviction (Cavalier Daily, 09/06/2011)
• "UVa's Innocence Project Helps Overturn Man's Conviction" (The Daily Progress, 09/01/2011)
• "Despite Vacated Conviction, Death Row Inmate May Still Serve Decades" (Chantilly Patch, 07/20/2011)
• "Double Recantation: Is An Innocent Man in Jail for the Crozet Murders?" (The Hook, 06/08/2011)
• "'Miracle' Conviction or One More Mistake?" (Washington Post, 11/27/2010)
• "Defense Poses Alternate Theories in Petrole Murder" (WoodbridgePatch, 11/22/2010)
• "Effort to Clear Teen is Rejected" (The Free Lance-Star, 10/29/2010)
• "Teen Attempts to Clear Name" (The Free Lance-Star, 08/30/2009)
• "Teen Released Early By State" (The Free Lance-Star, 03/04/2009)
• "Recant Case Ruling Delayed" (The Free Lance-Star, 02/20/2009)
• "Hearing on Whether to Unseal Rape Files Continued (The Free Lance-Star, 02/12/2009)
• "Will Girl's Rape-Claim Reversal Clear Teen?" (The Free Lance-Star, 02/05/2009)
• "UVa Group Aims to Right Wrongful Convictions (The Daily Progress, 11/02/2008)
• "UVa Group Aims to Right Wrongful Convictions (The Daily Progress, 11/02/2008)