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Press Highlights

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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"Justice Department asked to investigate state prisons"
11/11/2014
Montgomery Advertiser
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"The Man on Death Row Who Changed Me"
10/24/2014
New York Times
Author: Bryan Stevenson
"The Man on Death Row Who Changed Me"
10/24/2014
New York Times Magazine
Author: Bryan Stevenson
"One Lawyer's Fight For Young Blacks And 'Just Mercy'"
10/20/2014
NPR Fresh Air
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"‘Just Mercy,’ by Bryan Stevenson"
10/17/2014
New York Times
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
"Firm to file suit against Ala. prisons for violence"
10/13/2014
Montgomery Advertiser
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Violence and murder spike at St. Clair prison due to poor leadership, unsafe conditions, lawsuit claims"
10/13/2014
AL.com
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Kirkus Announces Finalists for Book Prizes"
09/30/2014
New York Times
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
"St. Clair inmate killed on 45th birthday becomes fourth inmate killed in past 13 months"
09/16/2014
AL.com
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Debating criminal justice reforms to improve rehabilitation and lower recidivism"
08/07/2014
PBS Newshour (Video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"With Judges Overriding Death Penalty Cases, Alabama Is An Outlier"
07/27/2014
NPR
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Iowa rejects juvenile mandatory minimum sentences"
07/18/2014
Associated Press
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Attorney-activist Bryan Stevenson"
07/16/2014
PBS: Tavis Smiley (Video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"The Horrific State of Alabama's Prisons"
06/23/2014
Vice
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Florida execution is third in US in 24 hours"
06/18/2014
MSNBC (Video)
"A Boy’s Execution, 70 Years Later"
06/15/2014
New York Times
"Law firm seeks leadership change at violent prison"
06/13/2014
Montgomery Advertiser
"Despite Supreme Court ruling Alabama appeals court won't reconsider cases of teens given automatic life sentences"
06/06/2014
AL.com
"10 Takeaways From Frontline's Look at Criminal Justice and Louisville's Beecher Terrace"
04/30/2014
WFPL News
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Walking with the Wind: Alex Carp interviews Bryan Stevenson"
03/17/2014
Guernica
"Librarians Gather In Indy for PLA 2014"
03/12/2014
Publishers Weekly
"Public Speaking Payoff: The Presentation Worth $55,000 A Minute"
03/06/2014
Forbes
"Equal Justice Initiative educates about legacy of lynchings in South"
03/03/2014
Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Former Ala. prison inmates describe abuse"
03/01/2014
Associated Press
"Two years after Trayvon Martin killing, human rights lawyer says America ‘burdened with a legacy of slavery’"
02/25/2014
CNN (Video)
"Bryan Stevenson on 'very, very misguided' proposed Alabama death row reforms, Tutwiler, Black History Month, prisons"
02/24/2014
All Alabama (Video)
"The One-Eyed Witness"
02/23/2014
New York Times
"Supreme Court ruling could mean new trial for Alabama death row inmate"
02/23/2014
Los Angeles Times
"Would streamlined appeals have unfairly hurt these 5 capital defendants?"
01/25/2014
All Alabama
"Death penalty bills to start off on fast track in Alabama Legislature"
01/19/2014
All Alabama
"DOJ expands investigation into Tutwiler Prison"
01/17/2014
Montgomery Advertiser
"Defense lawyers oppose change to capital appeals"
01/11/2014
SFGate
"Life and death in Alabama: Bryan Stevenson in conversation with Liliana Segura"
01/09/2014
Santa Fe New Mexican
"Giving Young Killers a Chance at Redemption"
01/01/2014
The Root
"Before the Battles and the Protests, the Chains"
12/09/2013
New York Times
"The Colbert Report: Interview with Bryan Stevenson"
12/03/2013
Colbert Report (Video)
"Dying Iowa inmate, sentenced to life at 15, granted parole"
12/02/2013
Yahoo! News
"Louisiana Supreme Court hears argument on parole for juvenile killers"
09/03/2013
New Orleans Times-Picayune
"Holder takes step to fix runaway prison system"
08/11/2013
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show (Video)
"Legal challenges continue to slow Ala. executions"
08/02/2013
Associated Press
"Ray Kelly's charm offensive in defense of stop and frisk"
07/22/2013
MSNBC All in with Chris (Video)
"Climbing Out of the Hole"
07/19/2013
New York Times
"1st Ala. execution since 2011 set for Thursday"
07/19/2013
Associated Press
"Prison commissioner says about 10 use of force incidents at Elmore prison under review"
07/12/2013
AL.com
"Report claims sexual abuse at three state prisons"
07/09/2013
Associated Press
"Complaints of physical, sexual abuse filed against 3 Ala. prisons"
07/08/2013
WBRC
"The Presumption of Guilt"
07/07/2013
Huffington Post
"State of Equality and Justice in America: The Presumption of Guilt"
05/16/2013
Washington Post
"Tutwiler Prison one year later"
05/15/2013
Fox6 News
"Bringing the 'better thans' back to the fold"
04/09/2013
Border Mail (Australia)