Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice
National research and policy hub at the University of Pennsylvania, created to correct errors and catalyze long-term structural improvements to the US criminal justice system. Visit https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/quattronecenter/
QC Academic Fellow Dana Bazelon answers the question we've been asking everyone: what's one area of the criminal justice system that needs more research?
What's your answer? Leave it below in the comments!
Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice
Grateful to the @quattronecenter.org the innocence community for welcoming this conversation.
Forensic DNA and FIGG can help answer difficult questions wherever the pursuit of truth continues.
Humans lie. DNA doesn’t.
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Can you imagine what could be possible if we knew how they all intake and screen cases for wrongful convictions and official misconduct? QC Research Project Coordinator Taylor Migliori shares #OneThing she believes need more research in the world of criminal legal reform.
QC Senior Advisor John Hollway shares how Sentinel Event Reviews can help us get to the bottom of the countless ways policies and practices intersect to cause injustice and harm in the criminal justice system.
Learn more on SERs here: www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/q...
Big congrats to SMU Law School Asst. Professor (and former QC Fellow) @lauragabelson.bsky.social, who received the Joel R. Reiedenberg Award at the 2026 Privacy Law Scholars Conference for her article, "The Multidimensions of AI Chatbots as Evidence."
Read her article: https://bit.ly/4v0WZBH
In Philadelphia, June is Reentry Awareness Month, a monthlong reminder of the struggles that formerly incarcerated people face — including the support needed to avoid legal troubles. Did you know that recidivism rates nationwide have dropped around 20% over the last decade?
At our Symposium this month, Prof. Andrew Madrigal — whose father was wrongfully convicted and exonerated in California — spoke about the impact of wrongful conviction on the family members of exonerees. Many exonerees desperately want, but never get, an apology from officials, he said.
Reporting from @foxcarolina.com indicates that counties in South Carolina are starting to change their practices on field drug tests, and we approve. Get the full story — with comments from QC Assistant Director Ross Miller — here:
https://bit.ly/4xalOfZ
Join us for a virtual book talk with John Lentini to discuss his newly-released book, Twice Burned: A Fire Scientist's Adventures in Overturning and Preventing Wrongful Arson Convictions.
June 24, 2026
6:00-7:30 p.m. ET
Register here: bit.ly/4ai9Gjd
BIG congrats to our Affiliated Faculty Member Anjelica Hendricks on the Regina Austin Award for Innovation in Teaching! She won for her course Regulating Police.
Learn more about Anjelica and her amazing work here: https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/18525-2025-26-faculty-teaching-awards
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A few weeks ago, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice Spring Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania.I’m grateful t...
