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Steven.A.Drizin, Clinical Professor of Law at Chicago's Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s [[Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth]] is a national expert regarding false confessions, wrongful convictions and juvenile justice reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.falseconfessions.org/experts/51-steven-drizin|title=Steven Drizin| work= False Confession Experts }}</ref> Professor Drizin is known internationally for his ongoing representation of [[Brendan Dassey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.wttw.com/2017/09/29/what-leads-false-confessions-making-murderer-attorneys-weigh|title=What Leads to False Confessions| work= news.wttw.com }}</ref> and his commitment to research in the field of false confessions and policy reform efforts across the United States. Drizin's interest in justice reform led to his co-authoring an amicus brief with the [[Juvenile Law Center]], [[American Bar Association]], [[Amnesty International]] and other interested parties representing fifty child welfare, juvenile justice, and child advocacy organizations in the case of [[Roper v. Simmons]] that resulted in the [[United States Supreme Court]] determining the juvenile death penalty as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jlc.org/news/roper-v-simmons-ten-years-later-recollections-and-reflections-abolition-juvenile-death-penalty|title=ROPER V. SIMMONS TEN YEARS LATER: RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE ABOLITION OF THE JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY| work= jlc.org }}</ref>
Steven.A.Drizin, Clinical Professor of Law at Chicago's Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s [[Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth]] is regarded as a national expert regarding false confessions, wrongful convictions and juvenile justice reform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.falseconfessions.org/experts/51-steven-drizin|title=Steven Drizin| work= False Confession Experts }}</ref> Professor Drizin is known internationally for his ongoing representation of [[Brendan Dassey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.wttw.com/2017/09/29/what-leads-false-confessions-making-murderer-attorneys-weigh|title=What Leads to False Confessions| work= news.wttw.com }}</ref> and to research in the field of false confessions and policy reform efforts across the United States. Drizin's interest in justice reform resulted in co-authoring an amicus brief with the [[Juvenile Law Center]], [[American Bar Association]], [[Amnesty International]] and other interested parties representing fifty child welfare, juvenile justice, and child advocacy organizations in the case of [[Roper v. Simmons]] that resulted in the [[United States Supreme Court]] determining the juvenile death penalty as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jlc.org/news/roper-v-simmons-ten-years-later-recollections-and-reflections-abolition-juvenile-death-penalty|title=ROPER V. SIMMONS TEN YEARS LATER: RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE ABOLITION OF THE JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY| work= jlc.org }}</ref>


Professor Drizin "champions the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system "<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.thearc.org/2018/06/12/arc-recognizes-steven-drizin-one-brendan-dasseys-attorneys-championing-disability-rights-throughout-career/|title=The Arc Recognizes Steven Drizin, one of Brendan Dassey’s Attorneys, for Championing Disability Rights Throughout Career| work=thearc.org}}</ref>with further areas of focus including clinical teaching, juvenile justice, criminal law and procedure and wrongful convictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/136610-who-is-steven-drizin-brendan-dasseys-lawyer-has-a-passion-for-justice|title=Who Is Steven Drizin? Brendan Dassey's Lawyer Has A Passion For Justice| work=www.bustle.com}}</ref>
Professor Drizin "champions the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system "<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.thearc.org/2018/06/12/arc-recognizes-steven-drizin-one-brendan-dasseys-attorneys-championing-disability-rights-throughout-career/|title=The Arc Recognizes Steven Drizin, one of Brendan Dassey’s Attorneys, for Championing Disability Rights Throughout Career| work=thearc.org}}</ref>with further areas of focus including clinical teaching, juvenile justice, criminal law and procedure and wrongful convictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/136610-who-is-steven-drizin-brendan-dasseys-lawyer-has-a-passion-for-justice|title=Who Is Steven Drizin? Brendan Dassey's Lawyer Has A Passion For Justice| work=www.bustle.com}}</ref>
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==Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic==
==Northwestern University Bluhm Legal Clinic==
A member of faculty from 1991, Drizin joined the Bluhm Legal Clinics Children and Family Justice Center as a supervising attorney<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2000/06/15/rush-to-judgment/7d3fc3b3-9f14-4b7d-942f-3b4877ceabca/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cee4f4ed12fd|title=Rush to Judgement| work=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> on what would herald a lifetime commitment to furthering the constitutional rights of juveniles. A Clinical Professor of Law, Drizin succeeded Professor Lawrence C.Marshall as Legal Director of the [[Center on Wrongful Convictions]] in a unanimous decision in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/03/drizin_mobile.html|title=Drizin Named Legal Director of Center on Wrongful Convictions| work=www.northwestern.edu}}</ref> An author, Professor and advocate for social justice and reform, Steven Drizin remained the legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions from 2005-2013. From 2013-2017, Professor Drizin held tenure as the Assistant Dean of the Bluhm Legal Clinic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/images/public_education/insights/Juvenile_confessions.pdf|title=The Truth About Juvenile False Confessions| work=www.americanbar.org}}</ref>
A member of faculty from 1991, Drizin joined the Bluhm Legal Clinics Children and Family Justice Center as a supervising attorney<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2000/06/15/rush-to-judgment/7d3fc3b3-9f14-4b7d-942f-3b4877ceabca/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cee4f4ed12fd|title=Rush to Judgement| work=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> while focused on furthering the constitutional rights of juveniles. A Clinical Professor of Law, Drizin succeeded Professor Lawrence C.Marshall as Legal Director of the [[Center on Wrongful Convictions]] in a unanimous decision in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/03/drizin_mobile.html|title=Drizin Named Legal Director of Center on Wrongful Convictions| work=www.northwestern.edu}}</ref> An author, Professor and advocate for social justice and reform, Steven Drizin remained the legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions from 2005-2013. From 2013-2017, Professor Drizin held tenure as the Assistant Dean of the Bluhm Legal Clinic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/images/public_education/insights/Juvenile_confessions.pdf|title=The Truth About Juvenile False Confessions| work=www.americanbar.org}}</ref>


During his time with the Center on Wrongful Convictions, Drizin's research interests focused on the mandatory videotaping of police interrogations, parental/attorney presence and the right to counsel for juveniles. [[Making a Murderer]] viewers watched Brendan Dassey's videotaped interrogation as a result of a July 2005 ruling by the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] that mandated the electronic recording of interrogations of minors, Professor Drizin had filed a non party brief in the case of State vs Jerrell C.J which resulted in this decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wi-supreme-court/1366279.html|title=State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Jerrell C.J., Respondent-Appellant-Petitioners| work=www.caselaw.findlaw.com}}</ref>
During his time with the Center on Wrongful Convictions, Drizin's research interests focused on the mandatory videotaping of police interrogations, parental/attorney presence and the right to counsel for juveniles. [[Making a Murderer]] viewers watched Brendan Dassey's videotaped interrogation as a result of a July 2005 ruling by the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]] that mandated the electronic recording of interrogations of minors, Professor Drizin had filed a non party brief in the case of State vs Jerrell C.J which resulted in this decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wi-supreme-court/1366279.html|title=State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Jerrell C.J., Respondent-Appellant-Petitioners| work=www.caselaw.findlaw.com}}</ref>

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Steven Drizin
File:Steven Drizin Clinical Professor of Law.jpeg
Clinical Professor of Law
Born
Philadelphia
Occupation(s)Co-Founder, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth; Clinical Professor of Law at Northwestern Prtizker School of Law; Assistant Dean Bluhm Legal Clinic
Websitecwcy.org

Steven.A.Drizin, Clinical Professor of Law at Chicago's Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth is regarded as a national expert regarding false confessions, wrongful convictions and juvenile justice reform.[1] Professor Drizin is known internationally for his ongoing representation of Brendan Dassey[2] and to research in the field of false confessions and policy reform efforts across the United States. Drizin's interest in justice reform resulted in co-authoring an amicus brief with the Juvenile Law Center, American Bar Association, Amnesty International and other interested parties representing fifty child welfare, juvenile justice, and child advocacy organizations in the case of Roper v. Simmons that resulted in the United States Supreme Court determining the juvenile death penalty as unconstitutional.[3]

Professor Drizin "champions the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system "[4]with further areas of focus including clinical teaching, juvenile justice, criminal law and procedure and wrongful convictions.[5]

Early Career

Born in Philadelphia, Steven Drizin completed a B.A with Honors from Haverford College, Pennsylvania in 1983 and a J.D from Northwestern School of Law in 1986.[6] On completion of his Juris Doctor, Drizin commenced his law career in commercial litigation with Chicago based Sachnoff and Weaver.[7] October 1988, Drizin was retained as a law clerk to the Honorable Ilana Rovner United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Notably, in June 2017 Judge Ilana D Rovner would author the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit opinion, affirming a federal court decision to overturn the conviction of Drizin's client Brendan Dassey.[8]

A member of faculty from 1991, Drizin joined the Bluhm Legal Clinics Children and Family Justice Center as a supervising attorney[9] while focused on furthering the constitutional rights of juveniles. A Clinical Professor of Law, Drizin succeeded Professor Lawrence C.Marshall as Legal Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions in a unanimous decision in 2005.[10] An author, Professor and advocate for social justice and reform, Steven Drizin remained the legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions from 2005-2013. From 2013-2017, Professor Drizin held tenure as the Assistant Dean of the Bluhm Legal Clinic.[11]

During his time with the Center on Wrongful Convictions, Drizin's research interests focused on the mandatory videotaping of police interrogations, parental/attorney presence and the right to counsel for juveniles. Making a Murderer viewers watched Brendan Dassey's videotaped interrogation as a result of a July 2005 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that mandated the electronic recording of interrogations of minors, Professor Drizin had filed a non party brief in the case of State vs Jerrell C.J which resulted in this decision.[12]

Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth

Established in 2008, the CWCY would be the first juvenile criminal justice initiative dedicated to the representation and advocacy of adolescents who are fighting wrongful convictions.[13] A joint enterprise between the Center on Wrongful Convictions and the Children and Family Justice Center, the Center currently represents Brendan Dassey and has successfully exonerated over 20 wrongfully convicted juveniles.[14]

The CWCY is active in the areas of appellate litigation, juvenile policy reform, interrogation processes and the enforcement of juvenile constitutional protections.[15] The Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth represents many juveniles who have falsely confessed to a crime they have not committed, and are prominent collaborators in the juvenile justice space. Professor Drizin and Co-Director Laura Nirider author numerous amicus curiae briefs and conduct professional training in the area of false confessions and interrogation practices for legal professionals including judges, attorneys and the greater law enforcement community.[16]

Landmark Federal Appellate Cases

Brendan Dassey v Michael Dittman: 201 F.Supp. 3d 963 (E.D. Wi. 2016)(federal habeas corpus decision granting relief to 16-year-old Dassey who gave “involuntary” confession), aff’d 860 F.3d 933 (7th Cir. 2017), reh’g en banc granted and district court’s grant of habeas relief reversed, 877 F.3d 297 (7th Cir. 2017).[17]

Montgomery v. Louisiana :577 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016)(co-authored amicus brief on behalf of juvenile advocacy organizations arguing that Miller v. Alabama’s holding abolishing mandatory life without parole sentences is retroactive)[18]

J. D. B. v. North Carolina: 564 U.S. 261 (2011)(co-authored amicus brief concerning juvenile false confessions that was cited by the United States Supreme Court in majority opinion).[19]

Roper v. Simmons:543 U.S. 551 (2005) (joined the Juvenile Law Center, Amnesty International and other organisations representing over fifty child welfare, juvenile justice and juvenile advocacy organisations in a landmark juvenile death penalty case. The United States Supreme Court determined that it was unconstitutional to impose the death penality on juveniles under the age of 18 as a result.[20]

U.S. ex rel A.M. v. Butler: 2002 WL 1348605 (N.D. IIl. June 19, 2002)(federal habeas decision vacating murder conviction of 11 year minor). Argued and briefed before United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals September 2004. Conviction reversed in published opinion A.M. v. Butler, 360 F.3d 787 (7th Cir (Ill.), Mar 02, 2004)[21]

U.S. ex rel. Hardaway v. Young: 162 F.Supp.2d 1005 (N.D.Ill. Sep 13, 2001) (NO. 01 C 3963) judgment reversed by Hardaway v. Young, 302 F.3d 657 (7th Cir.(Ill.) 2002)(federal habeas corpus decision concerning the involuntariness of juvenile confessions)[22]

Yarborough v. Alvarado :541 U.S. 652 (2004) (was co-author to an amicus brief with the Juvenile Law Center in police interrogation case involving a juvenile before the United States Supreme Court - the Miranda test).[23]

Landmark State Appellate Cases

State v. Jerrell C.J: No. 02-3423, Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Wisconsin Supreme Court (2003)(authored an amicus brief in the reversal of an armed robbery conviction of a juvenile defendant. The opinion mandated a new rule requiring that all custodial interrogations of juveniles must be electronically recorded).[24]

People of the State of New York v. David McCallum : (juvenile who falsely confessed at age 16 to a 1985 murder, is exonerated after post-conviction proceedings in 2014 by King’s County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Review Unit).[25]

Michigan v. Davontae Sanford : (14 year-old developmentally impaired juvenile who falsely confessed after two days of interrogation to a quadruple murder in Detroit is exonerated in 2016).[26]

People of the State of Illinois v. Terrill Swift, et al : (17 year old client who falsely confessed to a 1995 murder is exonerated by DNA evidence in January 2012)(Englewood Four)[27][28]

People of the State of Illinois v. Robert Taylor, et al : (14 year old adolescent who falsely confessed to a 1991 murder. Exonerated by DNA evidence in November 2011, freeing Taylor and 4 co-defendants)(Dixmoor Five)[29][30]

People of the State of Illinois v. John Horton : (17 year-old who falsely confessed to a murder in 1993 is exonerated in 2017 after serving 23 years as appellate court tosses conviction and state decides not to retry).[31]

People of the State of Illinois v. Justin Doyle : (In 2017 Governor Bruce Rauner granted clemency to Justin Doyle who was convicted under the Illinois felony murder rule in 2008 , commuting a 30-year sentence to 9 years of time-served).[32]

Author

  • Huffington Post :contributor [33]
  • True Stories of False Confessions: Rob Warden & Steven A. Drizin (editors) (published August 2009, Northwestern University Press)
  • The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA Age: Steven A. Drizin & Richard A. Leo (2008)(translated into Japanese and published as a book and amicus brief which was filed by the Center on Wrongful Convictions before the Supreme Court of Japan)(translated by Kazuko Ito)(Japan UNI Agency, Tokyo, 2008).[34]

Professor Steven Drizin has authored a catalogue of law review articles[35], books chapters[36], psychological journal articles[37], book reviews, position papers and newspaper and magazine articles, essays[38] and Op-eds for both national and international publications.

Recognition

  • The Perske Award: Drizin was awarded The Perske Award by The Arc for "a lifetime of work on justice reform for youth and people with disabilities and his representation of Brendan Dassey, a young man with learning ad developmental disabilities".[39]
  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dawn Clark Netsch Public Service Award.[40]
  • Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth’s Healing and Hope Award.[41]
  • Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust Award 2016.[42]
  • American Bar Association’s Livingston Hall Award 2005.[43]
  • National Juvenile Defender Center’s Juvenile Defender Leadership Award 2000.

Film

  • Making a Murderer Seasons 1 & 2, Emmy-winning Netflix Global series addressing the case of Brendan Dassey
  • West of Memphis BAFTA-nominated documentary about the West Memphis Three.
  • A True Story of a False Confession: The Brendan Dassey Case a discussion on Brendan Dasseys case, police interrogations, and false confessions. Livestream from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
  • David & Me Documentary on the wrongful conviction of David McCallum exonerated after 29 years in prison[44]
  • The Injustice System Documentary concerning Jason Strong exonerated after 15 years in prison

Podcasts

  • Concord Law School: Discussion between Professor Steven Drizin and Martin Pritkin (Dean of Concord Law School) concerning the wrongful conviction of juveniles.
  • Undisclosed: with Rabia Chaudry and Professors Drizin and Nirider. Discussion on Dassey v Dittman before the United States Supreme Court
  • Scalar Learning Podcast: Huzefa interviews Professor Steve Drizin.
  • Planet Lex Podcast: Professors Drizin and Nirider interviewed on defending Brendan Dassey of Making a Murderer.

See Also

References

  1. ^ "Steven Drizin". False Confession Experts.
  2. ^ "What Leads to False Confessions". news.wttw.com.
  3. ^ "ROPER V. SIMMONS TEN YEARS LATER: RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE ABOLITION OF THE JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY". jlc.org.
  4. ^ "The Arc Recognizes Steven Drizin, one of Brendan Dassey's Attorneys, for Championing Disability Rights Throughout Career". thearc.org.
  5. ^ "Who Is Steven Drizin? Brendan Dassey's Lawyer Has A Passion For Justice". www.bustle.com.
  6. ^ "Steven A. Drizin". www.law.northwestern.edu.
  7. ^ "Official Discord in Women's Bar". www.chicagotribune.com.
  8. ^ "Was It a False Confession in 'Making a Murderer'? The Supreme Court May Decide". www.nytimes.com.
  9. ^ "Rush to Judgement". www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. ^ "Drizin Named Legal Director of Center on Wrongful Convictions". www.northwestern.edu.
  11. ^ "The Truth About Juvenile False Confessions" (PDF). www.americanbar.org.
  12. ^ "State of Wisconsin, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Jerrell C.J., Respondent-Appellant-Petitioners". www.caselaw.findlaw.com.
  13. ^ "Northwestern Law Launches Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth". www.newenglandinnocence.org.
  14. ^ "Is Chicago Really the 'False Confession Capital'?". www.news.wttw.com.
  15. ^ "Brendan Dassey case shines spotlight on Northwestern's Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth". www.dailynorthwestern.com.
  16. ^ "Why are Educators Learning How to Interrogate Their Students?". www.newyorker.com.
  17. ^ "Dassey v Dittman". www.scotusblog.com.
  18. ^ "Montgomery v Louisiana". www./jlc.org.
  19. ^ "J. D. B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. 261 (2011)". www.supreme.justia.com.
  20. ^ "Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Roper v. Simmons: One Small Step for Christopher Simmons, One Giant Step for Juvenile Justice Reform)". www.huffingtonpost.com.
  21. ^ "A.M., a minor, Petitioner–Appellee. v. Jerry BUTLER, Superintendent of the Illinois Youth Center, Respondent–Appellant". www.caselaw.findlaw.com.
  22. ^ "UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Derrick HARDAWAY # K65596, Petitioner,v.Donald S. YOUNG, Warden, Respondent". www.law.justia.com.
  23. ^ "Yarborough v. Alvarado, 541 U.S. 652 (2004)". www.supreme.justia.com.
  24. ^ "Juvenile interrogations must be recorded". www.wislawjournal.com.
  25. ^ "PEOPLE v. McCALLUM". www.caselaw.findlaw.com.
  26. ^ "State of Michigan v. Davontae Sanford". www.themarshallproject.org.
  27. ^ "Terrill Swift". www.law.northwestern.edu.
  28. ^ "City Seeking $31 Million Settlement With Wrongfully Convicted 'Englewood Four'". chicago.cbslocal.com.
  29. ^ "Robert Taylor". www.law.umich.edu.
  30. ^ "The Latest: Prosecutor offers apology to 'Dixmoor Five'". www.sandiegouniontribune.com.
  31. ^ "Finally free, John Horton is ready to live for both the innocent and the guilty". www.rrstar.com.
  32. ^ "Rockford man could seek clemency, might not win, lawyers say". www.rrstar.com.
  33. ^ "Steven Drizin". www.huffingtonpost.com.
  34. ^ "The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World". www.papers.ssrn.com.
  35. ^ "Abolishing the Use of the Felony-Murder Rule When the Defendant Is a Teenager" (PDF). www.core.ac.uk.
  36. ^ "Examining Wrongful Convictions: Stepping Back, Moving Forward". www.amazon.com.
  37. ^ "Police-induced confessions, risk factors, and recommendations: looking ahead". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  38. ^ "Gerald Gault, Meet Brendan Dassey: Preventing Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions in the 21st Century". www.nacdl.org.
  39. ^ "The Arc Recognizes Steven Drizin, one of Brendan Dassey's Attorneys, for Championing Disability Rights Throughout Career". www.blog.thearc.org.
  40. ^ "Northwestern Law Alumni Awards". www.law.alumni.northwestern.edu.
  41. ^ "Healing and Hope 2016". www.fairsentencingofyouth.com.
  42. ^ "Justice for Charles Johnson" (PDF). www.law.northwestern.edu.
  43. ^ "Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award". www.americanbar.org.
  44. ^ "David & Me documentary has happy ending after David McCallum's exoneration". cbc.ca. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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