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Problems with Juror Bias in Viewing Body-Camera Video Evidence. Morgan Birck (Michigan) talks about her student note arguing why police body camera footage is not living up to its potential in the courtroom.

Expanding Pena-Rodriguez to Protect Criminal Defendants from Explicit Gender Animus. Katie Hicks (University of Arkansas School of Law) joins the podcast to advocate in favor of expanding Pena-Rodriguez to combat gender-based animus.

Why Open Science Matters to Factfinding in Courts. Jason Chin from the University of Queensland (Australia)

discusses how the open science movement in the scientific community could help address the expert reliability problem in law.

A Right to Prove Innocence After Pleading Guilty. Colin Miller from the University of South Carolina argues that defendants who plead guilty should retain a right to prove their innocence under certain cirumstances.

Fillers, Contextual Bias, and Forensic Comparisons. Adele Quigley-McBride from Iowa State University discusses how the use of fillers might help neutralize the biasing effect that contextual information has on forensic comparisons.

Evidentiary Fringes. John Leubsdorf from Rutgers Law School talks about evidentiary rules and concepts often neglected because they were not codified in the Federal Rules of Evidence, such as corroboration rules.

Incredible Women. Deborah Tuerkheimer from Northwestern discusses the “credibility discount” – originally formally, now in practice -- that the legal system has imposed on victims of sexual violence, why it is a problem, and what can be done about it.

The Paradoxes of Legal Proof. Michael Pardo from the University of Alabama, with guest host Alex Nunn, gives an overview of the proof paradoxes and explains why they are more than just academic constructs.

Oral Testimony in Chinese Criminal Trials. Zhuhao Wang from China University of Political Science and Law discusses China’s attempt to introduce live testimony in

Chinese criminal proceedings and the obstacles it faces.

Goldilocks and the Rule 803 Hearsay Exceptions. Liesa Richter from the University of Oklahoma discusses hearsay rule reform, proposing that we extend the trustworthiness exception in the business record exception to other Rule 803 exceptions.