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Confrontation as a Rule of Production. Pamela Metzger from Tulane argues that the Confrontation Clause should be interpreted as a rule requiring the production of witnesses in criminal trials.

Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA. Erin Murphy from NYU School of Law discusses some of the often overlooked problems in DNA evidence.

Designing Plea Bargaining from the Ground Up. Stephanos Bibas from the University of Pennsylvania considers whether the evidentiary protections of our criminal justice system are suitable when plea bargaining dominates.

Hindsight Evidence. Maggie Wittlin from the University of Nebraska discusses the use of ex post outcomes to assess a party's ex ante decisions.

Sandy Thompson from the University of Houston discusses the importance of crime lab independence, using Houston's new independent forensic lab as an exemplar.

Memory Errors in Alibi Generation. Deryn Strange from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice discusses the police practice of obtaining alibis, and how errors in alibis can occur innocently but can have a detrimental impact on a defendant’s case.

Unraveling the Conjunction Paradox. Mark Spottswood from Florida State University argues that the conjunction paradox is not a paradox at all, and that we should take seriously its logical implications.

Gatekeeping Science. Christopher Slobogin from Vanderbilt University talks about what aspects of the reliability of expert testimony are for the judge, and which are for the jury?

The Constitutional Accuracy of Legal Presumptions. Sachin Pandya from the University of Connecticut talks about the tough and often nebulous issue of evidentiary presumptions, and the limits placed on them by the Constitution.

Justice Visualized. Mary Fan from the University of Washington discusses increasing use of police body cameras, and how that will affect the proof process in criminal cases