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): Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Constitutional Rights Of Corporations, Habeas Corpus, Federal Criminal Law

In the Media:

• "Criminal Division's McInerney Defends Deferred Prosecution Agreements" (Main Justice, 05/03/2013)
• "'Central Park' Five Documentary Highlights the Problem of Innocents Confessing" (The Times-Picayune, 04/23/2013)
• "The Nightmare of the West Memphis Three" (The New York Review of Books, 04/04/2013)
• "The Bizarre Pursuit of Amanda Knox: Injustice Italian Style" (The Huffington Post, 03/26/2013)
• "Too Much Information" (Co-Author) (Slate, 02/12/2013)
• "Why Innocent Men Make False Confessions" (TIME, 02/11/2013)
• "Judge Agrees to Defer Prosecution of WakeMed for False Medicare Billing" (The News & Observer, 02/09/2013)
• "Judge Raises More Questions About WakeMed Medicare Settlement" (The News & Observer, 02/05/2013)
• "WakeMed's Medicare Settlement With Feds Would Allow Confidential Reports" (The News & Observer, 02/02/2013)
• "Legislature to Consider Bills Aimed at Easing Exoneration for Wrongfully Convicted" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, 01/11/2013)
• "Why Are DNA Databases Available to Prosecutors But Not Defense Attorneys?" (AllGov, 01/08/2013)
• "Lawyers, Saying DNA Cleared Inmate, Pursue Access to Data" (The New York Times, 01/03/2013)
• "Morford Memo Morphed: Who Picks the Corporate Monitors?" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 01/01/2013)
• "A Christmas Carol for Bankers" (Author) (The Huffington Post, 12/24/2012)
• "From Jim Crow to Timothy McVeigh: The Best 2012 Books About Justice" (The Atlantic, 12/14/2012)
• "Convicting the Innocent" (Concurring Opinions, 12/09/2012)
• "The Dark Dangers of Tunnel Vision" (Slate, 12/04/2012)
• "BP Will Plead Guilty and Pay More Than $4 Billion for Oil Spill" (The Economic Times, 11/16/2012)
• "BP Will Plead Guilty and Pay Over $4 Billion" (The New York Times, 11/16/2012)
• "A Texas Prosecutor Faces Justice" (The New York Times, 11/12/2012)
• "Prison for Executives, Deferrals for Corporations" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 10/23/2012)
• "Supreme Court Weighing Md. Cases" (Maryland Daily Record, 10/22/2012)
• "Supreme Court May Examine Maryland DNA Collection" (Capital News Service, 10/19/2012)
• "Jeffrey MacDonald, Innocence, and the Future of Habeas Corpus" (Forbes, 10/18/2012)
• "Secret Corporate Crime Deals" (Corporate Crime Reporter, 09/25/2012)
• "Innocence Project to Grade Witness Lineup Policies" (The Texas Tribune, 09/11/2012)
• "Science, Standards and Forensics: Part III" (Huffington Post, 09/10/2012)
• "Can We Predict A Wrongful Conviction?" (Salon, 09/09/2012)
• "Where Is The Path Forward For Forensics? Part II" (The Huffington Post, 09/07/2012)
• "Red Flags: Early Warnings of Wrongful Convictions" (Pacific Standard, 09/06/2012)
• "Forensics On The Hill: Part I" (The Huffington Post, 09/05/2012)
• "Interview With Brandon Garrett" (Culture Shocks, 09/04/2012)
• "Arthur Anderson And The Myth Of The Corporate Death Penalty" (FCPA Professor, 08/23/2012)
• "Innocent Convicts" (Frontline, 08/21/2012)
• "New Jersey Supreme Court Issues New Jury Instructions for Eyewitness Identifications" (The Wrongful Convictions Blog, 07/23/2012)
• "New Jury Instructions in New Jersey Will Warn of Problems in Eyewitness IDs" (ABA Journal, 07/20/2012)
• "How About 'Mr. Victim?'" (Author) (The Huffington Post, 07/19/2012)
• "New Jersey Court Issues Guidance for Juries About Reliability of Eyewitnesses" (The New York Times, 07/19/2012)
• "Police Photo Lineups Fail New State Policy" (The Virginian-Pilot, 07/15/2012)
• "Eyewitness Nightmare: We’ve Convicted Countless on Evidence that is Unreliable 25% of the Time " (The Wrongful Convictions Blog, 07/06/2012)