AUWCL in the Media, Week of Dec. 1, 2014

NBC - Following the decision in the Eric Garner case, Professor William Yeomans explains why it is difficult to prosecute excessive force cases against police officers. MORE

Yeomans was also interviewed extensively this week about the Michael Brown case. View the coverage.

Baltimore Sun - Professor Candace Kovacic-Fleischer authored this op-ed about the pregnancy case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Young v. UPS. MORE

CNN en Espanol - Dean Claudio Grossman, chair of the UN Committee Against Torture, is interviewed about the Committee's work. MORE

The Tennessean - Professor Perry Wallace spoke in Nashville about the newly released biography, "Strong Inside," that chronicles his time playing basketball for Vanderbilt in the SEC in the late 1960's. MORE

Washington Post - Co-director of the Center for Human Rights' Human Rights in Business Program Rebecca DeWinter- Schmitt helps craft new standards for the Pentagon's private security contractors. MORE

Washington Times - Professor Steve Vladeck is quoted about the Guantanamo provisions in the annual defense policy bill. MORE

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