Mark Rabil

Director of the @WakeForest Innocence and Justice Clinic at @WFULawSchool. Tweets are my own.

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Opinion | Five teenagers. Recanted confessions. Convicted. Sound familiar? https://t.co/czjyzwaYA8

[Sarah Rabil @srabil]

A beautiful @WSJ data viz that also makes my heart ache

The pandemic has created a less-connected world. Here’s a snapshot of two days, a year apart. https://t.co/zmHGzs7QUE

[Sarah Rabil @srabil]

Proud of the symposium my dad has organized for this Friday. Secondary trauma is a real problem for everyone who touches the legal system.

He and I have also talked a lot about how journalists need to be aware of secondary trauma and ways to cope. This event is virtual and FREE

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Our bodies keep the score of the legal system. To some, it's direct trauma, to others secondary. Families, jurors, judges, parties, lawyers - people. Join us. It's not just for lawyers, but CLE available. https://t.co/ACAYvaW9RD.

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

In Forsyth County Protester Demands Largely Met By Sheriff's Office https://t.co/1z2giYaP6I

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

44 years in prison and the evidence was hidden and the police told lies - why is the State keeping this man locked up? What role does race play? Great job by my colleagues at Duke!

[Mary King @MaryKingTV]

A US appeals court has ruled that Ronnie Long’s due process rights were violated under the constitution in his 1976 rape conviction in Concord. Lawyers have continued to fight for Long’s freedom arguing he was wrongfully convicted. https://t.co/vyMbPJqVd6 @WBTV_News

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Sometimes this is what has to be done. This Governor has not pardoned anyone at all in 4 years. The innocent suffer and languish in prison.

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Forsyth County NC is not a 1st Amendment Free Zone. Peaceable protesters have the right to ask why jail inmates with medical emergencies are hog tied. People should not be arrested for blocking nonexistent traffic, as they were on 7-8 & 9. https://t.co/vNem8LMX0E via @JournalNow

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

An hour ago, our government carried out the first federal execution in 17 years, in a case in which the other defendant, for exactly the same crime, got life. States are abolishing the death penalty. Juries are rejecting it. Innocents suffer. https://t.co/hbdi3mxsG9 via @WSJ

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Reformist prosecutors can only make reforms if we the people support them and help resist the backlash against them from the powers of privilege and habit.

[Barry Scheck @barryscheck]

All true. Progressive prosecutors cannot succeed unless the community, the defense bar, their fellow prosecutors, and ultimately the judiciary provide support. DA Gardiner’s fight to free Lamar Johnson symbolizes this struggle. Let’s hope Mo. S.Ct. makes the right call!

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Nice story about the legacy of Darryl Hunt on WFDD - I wish Darryl were still here to see, and to lead, the reforms at hand. https://t.co/E1J3FfvjrM

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

If defending racial injustice is such a "resource suck," as the NC District Attorneys Conference says, then why don't we just abolish the death penalty? In NC, New Hope for Defendants Who Claim Racism Tainted Their Death Sentence https://t.co/cxdbSUPEDZ via @MarshallProj

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

How Eyewitness Misidentification Can Send Innocent People to Prison https://t.co/S2LiF3nu7B

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Every day, @WakeInnocence @WFULawSchool works to help free the innocent and prevent wrongful convictions. #TheInnocenceFiles on @netflix shows why this work is needed now more than ever. https://t.co/87ccMD3OcL

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Unbiased perseverance by NC Innocence Commission investigators leads to finding of sufficient evidence of innocence to move to 3 judge panel. False confessions happen. Clinic & I to be representing one of young men going forward. https://t.co/IMGe5N4FW8

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

So proud of Attorney Nicole Little - as a college student she went with Darryl Hunt and I on the bus to GA to protest Troy Davis wrongful execution https://t.co/7i5oUCupHJ

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Send a message to the Governor of Texas to stop this wrongful execution. How can Texas refuse to test the murder weapon for DNA evidence? Don't let Texas kill the innocent. Let the Governor hear from you.

[Innocence Project @innocence]

3 ways you can help stop #RodneyReed's execution!

1. Contact @GovAbbott + Texas Board of Paroles and Pardons (Texas residents only) https://t.co/vwmc2PbITK

2. Share on social media

3. Donate to Reed family

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[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Dep US AG Rosen on 11/8 at WFU said prosecutorial discretion to be applied only in individual cases - WRONG - state prosecutors ELECTED to notice statistics of discrimination and use power to fix on policy level - See NC studies re RJA death penalty & NC traffic stop disparity

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Dep US AG Rosen on 11/8 at WFU said so-called “progressive” state prosecutors are adopting policies that will cause crime rates to increase - WRONG -Drug “crimes” are problems of addiction and criminal prosecution does not work - TREATMENT is answer, not escalating War on Drugs

[Mark Rabil @MarkRabil03]

Thanks Ron Wright for comments at WF Law from Deputy US AG Rosen. I watched on-line. Very happy to hear from the horse's mouth, but sad that he put the foot of the past in it. Particularly disturbing that attacked STATE prosecutors elected by the people to fix problems.

[Ron Wright @wrightrf]

The Deputy Attorney General of the US DOJ spoke today at @WFULawSchool. I didn't hear his speech or the exchange afterwards -- I was teaching Criminal Law during that hour. 1/