William Ortman

Professor of Law, University of Georgia. Studies criminal law/procedure.

[Dan Epps @danepps]

For more on my and @WillSOrtman 's Defender General, see this NYT article by @adamliptakl: https://t.co/9emPy7g6C2

[Dan Epps @danepps]

A great development, but I disagree w/ the article's claim that this is totally different from my & @WillSOrtman's "Defender General." This reform helps w/ problems we identified and resembles our proposal even if it doesn't go far enough.

Article here: https://t.co/Bykc7V4n4p

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@Eric_S_Fish @CalifLRev Thanks!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

I’m thrilled that my new paper "Confession and Confrontation" will be published in the California Law Review (@CalifLRev). #newlawrevarticles /1

The draft is on SSRN here: https://t.co/p0ncuwGf6l

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@AHoagFordjour @CalifLRev Thank you!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@apublicgood @CalifLRev Thanks!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@sanjuktampaul Thanks!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@ConLawWarrior @CalifLRev Thanks--I'm looking forward to yours!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@grantalexnunn @CalifLRev Thanks!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

... test for the admissibility of confessions.) This rule would imperil many of the manipulative interrogation tactics that produce false confessions. It’d give police departments a push to trade unreliable interrogation practices for ones aiming for accurate information. 5/5

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

Courts should admit a criminal defendant’s confession to the police at trial only if (i) the defendant voluntarily testifies, or (ii) the police scrupulously avoided interrogation tactics that induce hope or fear. (The “hope or fear” bit is from the historical common law ... /4

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@TFrampton I'm (literally right now) prepping to teach Batson on Monday and this pops into my feed. Into the slide deck it goes! Thanks Thomas!

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@danepps Not sure if Midjourney has the "no real people" restriction like Dall-E--I asked midjourney for a picture of the chief justice and it gave me back with something vaguely resembling him

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@_WayneLaw @jrlongatlaw

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@lee_kovarsky Agreed. (And hadn't seen the other thread.)

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@lee_kovarsky But a stay would prevent the state court from entering a conviction while the removal appeal is pending at the 11th Cir, right? Seems like that's the scenario the stay motion is seeking to avoid.

[William Ortman @WillSOrtman]

@JohnFPfaff @SLandP Fair point--if judges understand the ceilings as de facto floors (or close to), then you just have jury sentencing.

I'd *like* to think that you could convince judges that ceiling means ceiling, but true that selection/retention incentives could get in the way of that.