Since 2023, Professor Aziza Ahmed and Northeastern University School of Law Professor Daniel Medwed have been leading a team of lawyers and forensic scientists in research around the legal and scientific legitimacy of the “lung float” test, which has been used as evidence to bring murder charges against mothers who experience stillbirths.
Co-Chairs of the Working Group
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Aziza Ahmed
Professor of Law
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Daniel Medwed
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University School of Law
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Press and News Coverage
- Experts to Examine a Controversial Forensic Test That Has Helped Convict Women of MurderAziza Ahmed is quoted.
- A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder
- Is the ‘Lung Float Test’ Accurate? Northeastern Law Professor Is Leading an Effort to Discredit ‘Bad Science’
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Faculty Advisor
Daniel S. Medwed
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Criminal Justice
Email: d.medwed@northeastern.edu
Phone: 617.373.6590