Tom Dybdahl L’98 and Christina Swarns L’93 recently discussed prosecutorial misconduct, the Brady rule of evidence disclosure, and Dybdahl’s new book.
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School was pleased to welcome former District of Columbia Public Defender Tom Dybdahl L’98 and current Executive Director of the Innocence Project, Christina Swarns L’93 back to Penn Carey Law for a discussion of prosecutorial misconduct, the Brady rule of evidence disclosure, and Dybdahl’s new book When Innocence Is Not Enough: Hidden Evidence and the Failed Promise of the Brady Rule.
The discussion was moderated by the Quattrone Center’s Executive Director John F. Hollway C’92, MAPP’18.
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When Innocence Is Not Enough is a gripping work of narrative nonfiction that exposes what’s at stake when prosecutors fail to turn over exculpatory evidence, and what we can do about it. Dybdahl illustrates the promise and shortcomings of the Brady rule through deft 
With a seasoned defense lawyer’s unsparing eye for detail, Dybdahl chronicles the evolution of the Brady rule — from its unexpected birth to the series of legal decisions that left it defanged and ineffective. Yet Dybdahl shows us a path forward by highlighting promising reform efforts across the country that offer a blueprint for a legislative revival of Brady’s true spirit.
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