Stephanie Hartung, senior staff attorney, New England Innocence Project, is the last speaker in URI's spring 2026 Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series. Hartung will discuss "Faulty forensics and wrongful convictions" today. Prior to her work with the Innocence Project, Hartung was a law professor in Boston for 19 years, at Suffolk and Northeastern law schools. Her research and scholarship focused on wrongful convictions and criminal procedure. Before joining academia, she worked as a public defender in California. Learn more about the lecture series at https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/01/artificial-intelligence-and-rhode-islands-new-medical-examiner-featured-in-uris-spring-forensic-science-partnership-seminar-series/. The series will return in September. Email to get added to the email list.