Justin Murray
@justinnyls.bsky.social
lawprof @ NYLS | former public defender @ PDS DC | focused on prosecutors, criminal procedure, enjoying the kids, chess, mentoring incredible people
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Justin Murray
@justinnyls.bsky.social
· Aug 16
<i>Brady</i><span>'s Shadow</span>
<p><i>Scholars have spent sixty years documenting </i>Brady v. Maryland’<i>s failures—its materiality standard that licenses suppression of exculpatory evidence
papers.ssrn.com
New paper alert!
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
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I just posted the current version of my most recent Article, "Conceptual Gerrymandering and the Weaponization of SFFA" to @ssrn.bsky.social. Abstract and TOC are attached below. Comments and (good faith) critiques very much welcome and appreciated. 🧵 1/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I just posted the current version of my most recent Article, "Conceptual Gerrymandering and the Weaponization of SFFA" to @ssrn.bsky.social. Abstract and TOC are attached below. Comments and (good faith) critiques very much welcome and appreciated. 🧵 1/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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They could have done something like this in the Trump immunity case and given a chance for the special counsel to take Trump's federal election subversion charges to trial.
Expediting cases is a choice
Expediting cases is a choice
NEW: the Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump‘s appeal in the tariffs cases on a highly expedited basis. Oral argument will be during the first week of November.
September 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
They could have done something like this in the Trump immunity case and given a chance for the special counsel to take Trump's federal election subversion charges to trial.
Expediting cases is a choice
Expediting cases is a choice
Hey #Teachers, what are some good tools for providing real-time feedback, during class, on students' writing?
As in, apps that efficiently compile students' written work in one place & enable me to display it, mark it up, highlight parts we're discussing, etc? Thanks!
As in, apps that efficiently compile students' written work in one place & enable me to display it, mark it up, highlight parts we're discussing, etc? Thanks!
August 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Hey #Teachers, what are some good tools for providing real-time feedback, during class, on students' writing?
As in, apps that efficiently compile students' written work in one place & enable me to display it, mark it up, highlight parts we're discussing, etc? Thanks!
As in, apps that efficiently compile students' written work in one place & enable me to display it, mark it up, highlight parts we're discussing, etc? Thanks!
Thanks, Larry, for recommending "Brady's Shadow" -- a work-in-progress now up on ssrn in which I argue that Brady v. Maryland occupies far too much space in the legal consciousness and needs to be knocked down a few pegs to make room for other ideas on criminal discovery...
Murray on Brady's Shadow, buff.ly/I2Vv7TF - Justin Murray (New York Law School) has posted Brady's Shadow on SSRN.
Murray on Brady's Shadow
Justin Murray (New York Law School) has posted Brady's Shadow on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Scholars have spent sixty years documenting Brady v. Maryland’s failures—its materiality standard that…
buff.ly
August 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thanks, Larry, for recommending "Brady's Shadow" -- a work-in-progress now up on ssrn in which I argue that Brady v. Maryland occupies far too much space in the legal consciousness and needs to be knocked down a few pegs to make room for other ideas on criminal discovery...
Take a look at Maybell's latest!
Excited to see that the final version of Shamed is now out in Virginia Law Review! I'm so pleased that the finalized PDF version retained the images in full color. Check it out!
virginialawreview.org/articles/sha...
virginialawreview.org/articles/sha...
Shamed - Virginia Law Review
Victims of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse have long had to contend with victim blaming and victim shaming. While legal scholars have had fruitful and theoretically engaging debates regarding t...
virginialawreview.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Take a look at Maybell's latest!
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It’s sooooooo good, y’all! If I were a law review editor I’d really want to snap this up for publication.
New paper alert!
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
<i>Brady</i><span>'s Shadow</span>
<p><i>Scholars have spent sixty years documenting </i>Brady v. Maryland’<i>s failures—its materiality standard that licenses suppression of exculpatory evidence
papers.ssrn.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s sooooooo good, y’all! If I were a law review editor I’d really want to snap this up for publication.
New paper alert!
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
<i>Brady</i><span>'s Shadow</span>
<p><i>Scholars have spent sixty years documenting </i>Brady v. Maryland’<i>s failures—its materiality standard that licenses suppression of exculpatory evidence
papers.ssrn.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New paper alert!
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
My latest - "Brady's Shadow" - is now on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Still a work in progress—would love your thoughts.
It's about how one spectacularly failed doctrine somehow cannibalized other, more promising avenues for criminal discovery.🧵
My latest, "Prosecutorial Reform and the Myth of Individualized Enforcement," is out in the Wash. U. Law Review.
🧵🧵 1/10
wustllawreview.org/2025/06/20/p...
🧵🧵 1/10
wustllawreview.org/2025/06/20/p...
Prosecutorial Reform and The Myth of Individualized Enforcement – Washington University Law Review
A new wave of reformist prosecutors has risen to power promising to transform the criminal justice system from within, sparking fierce backlash from defenders of the prosecutorial status quo. Central ...
wustllawreview.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My latest, "Prosecutorial Reform and the Myth of Individualized Enforcement," is out in the Wash. U. Law Review.
🧵🧵 1/10
wustllawreview.org/2025/06/20/p...
🧵🧵 1/10
wustllawreview.org/2025/06/20/p...
June 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Law faculty who teach criminal law & related stuff (esp newbies): check out our new online database of teaching materials so you can access practice problems, lecture notes, syllabi and more, to get some fresh ideas for your courses. And share your own materials to help others...
CrimProf Blog
Information about the Law Professor Blogs Network.
lawprofessors.typepad.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Law faculty who teach criminal law & related stuff (esp newbies): check out our new online database of teaching materials so you can access practice problems, lecture notes, syllabi and more, to get some fresh ideas for your courses. And share your own materials to help others...
Our voices matter. Let’s make some noise! #HandsOff2025
April 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Our voices matter. Let’s make some noise! #HandsOff2025
The White South African exception is “being called racist,” but others say something else.
And who can truly know what’s in someone’s heart of hearts?? 🧐🤔
And who can truly know what’s in someone’s heart of hearts?? 🧐🤔
March 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The White South African exception is “being called racist,” but others say something else.
And who can truly know what’s in someone’s heart of hearts?? 🧐🤔
And who can truly know what’s in someone’s heart of hearts?? 🧐🤔
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The government can't retaliate against someone for political protest.
Tell the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil immediately.
Tell the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil immediately.
Free Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration has illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. This egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of...
action.aclu.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The government can't retaliate against someone for political protest.
Tell the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil immediately.
Tell the Trump administration to release Mahmoud Khalil immediately.
I'm very proud of my alma mater
@georgetownlaw.bsky.social
and its dean for standing up to flagrantly unconstitutional discrimination against Georgetown's students by Trump acolyte Ed Martin at USAO-DC.
Would-be autocrats lose if - only if - enough people refuse to bend the knee.
@georgetownlaw.bsky.social
and its dean for standing up to flagrantly unconstitutional discrimination against Georgetown's students by Trump acolyte Ed Martin at USAO-DC.
Would-be autocrats lose if - only if - enough people refuse to bend the knee.
Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Dean Bill Treanor.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
March 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm very proud of my alma mater
@georgetownlaw.bsky.social
and its dean for standing up to flagrantly unconstitutional discrimination against Georgetown's students by Trump acolyte Ed Martin at USAO-DC.
Would-be autocrats lose if - only if - enough people refuse to bend the knee.
@georgetownlaw.bsky.social
and its dean for standing up to flagrantly unconstitutional discrimination against Georgetown's students by Trump acolyte Ed Martin at USAO-DC.
Would-be autocrats lose if - only if - enough people refuse to bend the knee.
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Humbled/ecstatic that this piece on the IWW, Angelo Herndon, the ILD, very young Thurgood Marshall, even younger Pauli Murray & the WDL, the March on Washington Mvmt, CPUSA & Red Scare, SNCC, and more Pauli Murray…
…is now forthcoming Yale Law Journal!
(Not on SSRN, but happy to share a draft.)
…is now forthcoming Yale Law Journal!
(Not on SSRN, but happy to share a draft.)
February 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Humbled/ecstatic that this piece on the IWW, Angelo Herndon, the ILD, very young Thurgood Marshall, even younger Pauli Murray & the WDL, the March on Washington Mvmt, CPUSA & Red Scare, SNCC, and more Pauli Murray…
…is now forthcoming Yale Law Journal!
(Not on SSRN, but happy to share a draft.)
…is now forthcoming Yale Law Journal!
(Not on SSRN, but happy to share a draft.)
The NY bar authorities won’t do anything about Emil Bove since they’re next to useless re holding prosecutors accountable when they abuse their power.
But it’s still encouraging to see dems helping to keep this threat to the rule of law in the spotlight. Credit where due.
But it’s still encouraging to see dems helping to keep this threat to the rule of law in the spotlight. Credit where due.
Keep 'em coming
Via Anna Bower:
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats request bar disciplinary investigation into the conduct of acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
They cite “reported inappropriate conduct” by Bove involving the dismissal of charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams […]
Via Anna Bower:
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats request bar disciplinary investigation into the conduct of acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
They cite “reported inappropriate conduct” by Bove involving the dismissal of charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
March 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The NY bar authorities won’t do anything about Emil Bove since they’re next to useless re holding prosecutors accountable when they abuse their power.
But it’s still encouraging to see dems helping to keep this threat to the rule of law in the spotlight. Credit where due.
But it’s still encouraging to see dems helping to keep this threat to the rule of law in the spotlight. Credit where due.
Hell yes
🚨🚨 @evanbernick.bsky.social, @paulgowder.bsky.social, and I have published a draft of our article, 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, forthcoming in the online companion of Cᴏʀɴᴇʟʟ Lᴀᴡ Rᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, on SSRN. Comments welcomed, as always! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Hell yes
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Good for the ABA for speaking out again:
"We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."
"We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."
The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession
Three weeks ago, the American Bar Association spoke to you about values that guide us. We called upon every lawyer to insist that the government adhere to four major principles of law that have guided...
www.americanbar.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Good for the ABA for speaking out again:
"We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."
"We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not."
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I'm excited to announce Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection. This is an account of all the ways that the state cannot be trusted with the power to kill and how they have tried to hide that reality. Secrets of the Killing State is the truth every citizen should know.
March 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I'm excited to announce Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection. This is an account of all the ways that the state cannot be trusted with the power to kill and how they have tried to hide that reality. Secrets of the Killing State is the truth every citizen should know.
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Oh shit! Something actually good!
For background on this case, here's my coverage of the Glossip v. Oklahoma oral arguments in October
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/gloss...
For background on this case, here's my coverage of the Glossip v. Oklahoma oral arguments in October
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/gloss...
February 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Oh shit! Something actually good!
For background on this case, here's my coverage of the Glossip v. Oklahoma oral arguments in October
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/gloss...
For background on this case, here's my coverage of the Glossip v. Oklahoma oral arguments in October
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/gloss...
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Think I’ll pass on the piece in which a racist creep explains why a major party embracing the Nazi salute really isn’t a big deal.
February 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Think I’ll pass on the piece in which a racist creep explains why a major party embracing the Nazi salute really isn’t a big deal.
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Today, I spoke w/Professor @justinnyls.bsky.social about his recent law review article about Prosecutorial Discretion. We discussed the myth that progressive prosecutor's decisions not pursue certain types of cases are at odds with how traditional prosecutors operate
open.spotify.com/episode/3y2s...
open.spotify.com/episode/3y2s...
Prosecutorial Reform and the Myth of Individualized Enforcement
<p>The American prosecutor’s legitimacy faces unprecedented challenges. A new wave of reformist prosecutors has risen to power promising to transform the crimin
papers.ssrn.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today, I spoke w/Professor @justinnyls.bsky.social about his recent law review article about Prosecutorial Discretion. We discussed the myth that progressive prosecutor's decisions not pursue certain types of cases are at odds with how traditional prosecutors operate
open.spotify.com/episode/3y2s...
open.spotify.com/episode/3y2s...