Associate Dean and Professor @UofSCLaw; Blog Editor, EvidenceProf Blog; Co-Host, @Undisclosedpod

Columbia, SC
Joined November 2009
Nicole Chuminski was convicted of arson & murder based on a fire that took the lives of her girlfriend's 2 children. Now, new evidence tends to prove her innocence, prompting the New England Innocence Project to file a Motion for a New Trial: bostonglobe.com/2026/10/26/o…
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Specifically, new evidence tends to show that (1) the fire was accidentally caused by an electrical source; and (2) contrary to her testimony at trial, the girlfriend was not home at the time of the fire.
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For years, Dylan Adams denied doing anything to Holly Bobo. Then, despite Intellectual Disability, he was placed in the custody of a former Memphis cop working with the Bobos & the TBI. Find out what happened next in this week's all new @Undisclosedpod: audioboom.com/posts/8968968-…
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Colin Miller retweeted
Last week, Amanda's appeal was officially filed at Florida's First District Court of Appeal. So there's no better time to hear Part 2 of @EvidenceProf's talk with @nleighhunt, the "what happens next" conversation. Amanda is innocent, and this is why so many of us won't stop. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… freeamandalewis.com #FreeAmandaLewis
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Colin Miller retweeted
Two of my favorite podcasts in one episode. Colin Miller (@EvidenceProf) of Undisclosed sat down with @nleighhunt for a two-part In Esto bonus on Amanda's case. Part 1 is all about new evidence and a new appeal. Amanda has served more than 18 years in Florida and still maintains her innocence. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… freeamandalewis.com #FreeAmandaLewis
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Terry Britt matched the features of the man Clint Bobo saw abducting his sister & Clint was 80% certain he was the man he heard talking to Holly. Yet, despite offering to plead guilty to her abduction, he was never charged. This week's new @Undisclosedpod: audioboom.com/posts/8966432-…
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Today's blog post: "Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Finds Prosecutor Telling the Jury the Defendant Sought the Advice of an Attorney Before Being Arrested Was (Harmless) Error": evidenceprofblog.com/2026/10…
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A week or two after Holly Bobo was abducted, search & rescue dogs traced her faint scent from her home to the house where a suspect was staying, a suspect who had previously burglarized her home. Learn more in this week's new @Undisclosedpod: audioboom.com/posts/8963166-…
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Today's blog post: "California Court Reverses Felony Murder Conviction, Finding Forcible Cutting of Human Hair is Battery, Not Robbery": evidenceprofblog.com/2026/10…
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Notably, felony robbery can be a predicate felony for felony murder while felony battery cannot (under the merger doctrine).
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In today's new @Undisclosedpod, we set forth several suspects in Holly Bobo's disappearance, including an ex-boyfriend who threatened to kill her and someone who had burglarized the Bobo's home: audioboom.com/posts/8963166-…
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In 1954, Tommy Lee Walker was executed for the 1953 rape and murder of Venice Parker before being posthumously exonerated In January 2026. In a new piece, Christina Swarns says Walker's case show why we should stop tinkering with the machinery of death: innocenceproject.org/news/it…
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Multiple witnesses placed Walker at his pregnant girlfriend's side at the time of the murder, and the only evidence against Walker was his (later recanted) confession after a coercive & deceptive interrogation by a one-time member of the KKK.
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In 2018, his case was covered by "In the Dark."
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In 2019, the Supreme Court reversed his convictions, ruling that there was racial discrimination in jury selection. That same year, Flowers was released from behind bars for the first time since his initial arrest in 1997.
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