Legal expert Russ Covey, a professor of law with Georgia State University, is available to speak about public oversight of police and the New York, Eric Garner case. He can also speak to why the Garner and Ferguson cases prompt the broader need for police lapel cameras.
“Public oversight is appropriate and is increasingly becoming a necessary tool we can use to improve relations between citizenry and the police departments of this country,” he says.
He believes there will be increased attention to reforming the criminal justice system and putting in place additional safeguards to prevent events such as with Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson, from occurring in the first place.
Covey, who published “Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions,” in the Washington University Law Review (a Missouri-based publication) last year, is an expert in wrongful convictions, criminal law and criminal procedure. He also authored a number of articles on topics including the police interrogation, death penalty, crime and popular culture, jury selection and plea bargaining.
As a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Covey has filed amicus briefs and represented pro bono clients in criminal appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to joining Georgia State Law, Covey clerked for Judge Allyne R. Ross of the U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y., practiced law specializing in criminal and civil litigation at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., and taught law at Whittier Law School in Southern California.
He received his J.D. at Yale Law School, M.A. at Princeton University and A.B at Amherst College.
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