Privacy as Privilege. Rebecca Wexler from the University of California Berkeley talks about the Stored Communications Act and how it blocks criminal defense subpoenas, effectively creating an unprecedented privilege for online communications.

Unmasking Demeanor. Julia Simon-Kerr from the University of Connecticut discusses the masking of witnesses in the courtroom during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications masking might have on the Confrontation Clause and the way the legal system views the importance of demeanor.

Confronting Memory Loss. Paul Rothstein from Georgetown discusses the problems that a witness's memory loss presents for the Confrontation Clause, and the factors that a future Supreme Court might use to address this question.

The Evidence Rules that Convict the Innocent. Jeff Bellin from William & Mary uses the Innocent Movement that the wrongful convictions it has uncovered to re-evaluate the rules of evidence.

Psychological Assessments in Legal Contexts. Tess Neal from Arizona State University talks about the validity of psychological assessment tools and the willingness of attorneys and courts to scrutinize them.

The Incomplete Rule of Completeness. Louisa Heiny from the University of Utah talks about the tension between Federal Rule of Evidence 106 and the common law Rule of Completeness that it sought to replace.

Litigation Science After the Knowledge Crisis. Edith Beerdsen from NYU talks about the replicability crisis in science and how courts can use the lessons learned from it to improve scientific evidence.

Bad Character, Tragic Errors and Deep Ignorance. Liat Levanon from King's College London makes an ethical and aesthetic argument against the use of character evidence, suggesting that wrongful convictions of reformed defendants constitute acutely tragic errors.

Rape Accusations and the Preponderance of Evidence. Georgi Gardiner from the University of Tennessee talks about sexual misconduct allegations and discusses how the classic “he said, she said” scenario paradoxically should satisfy and SHOULD NOT satisfy the preponderance standard of proof.

Preferences for Criminal Justice Error Types. Yehonatan Givati discusses whether we all actually think it better for ten (or even one) guilty to go free than to convict one innocent, and why some of us might think differently.