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Vanessa Miller

@vanessamiller.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at FIU Law. Writing at the intersection of education and policing. Weightlifting at the intersection of metal and reggeaton. Miami born and raised.

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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Police and prosecutors both shame victims and discount their stories because they cling to and believe in rape myths. I explain this in Shamed: virginialawreview.org/articles/sha...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A lawyer for Christa Pike said executioners have administered two syringes of lethal injection drugs to Pike but that she remains alive and breathing.” It’s been over an hour.
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was my pleasure to present my current paper, “Federalizing the Campus Police,” to the faculty at University of Richmond School of Law. The discussions, feedback, and weather (yes, as a Miami girl I love the cooler weather) were incredible! @richmondlaw.bsky.social
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🤩🤩
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank you, thank you!
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’m so very sorry, Maybell. Moe is the best boy. Sending you all un abrazo.
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank you so much!!
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thrilled to have been selected as an AALS Education Law Section Early Career Scholar! I will be presenting my work in progress, “Federalizing the Campus Police,” at Georgetown and look forward to connecting with other scholars writing about law and education. Will share the paper widely soon!
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NPR @npr.org · 02/09/2026
Lianyong Wei's death marks the 57th death of an immigrant detainee held in the care of the government since the start of President Trump's second term. Twenty-four of those have occurred since Jan. 1. n.pr/3UzCLBQ
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ICE detainee dies just hours after he was admitted into detention
Lianyong Wei's death marks the 57th death of an immigrant detainee held in the care of the government since the start of President Trump's second term. Twenty-four of those have occurred since Jan. 1.
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Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"By writing, you are literally firing up your brain and therefore stirring up your conscious thoughts and something new emerges. You are not, or at least not always, transcribing something already present in your conscious thoughts.“ LOVE this piece. www.historians.org/perspectives...
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How Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHA
Writing is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words.
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Laura I Appleman @lawandlitprof.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's just the tip of the iceberg with immigration enforcement, as I discuss in my latest article, "The Market for Deportation:" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Having done both, I agree. The months long wait to receive a decision is difficult, but the single submission model tops my list for why I prefer law journals
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Two weeks late but I wanted to express my gratitude for my selection to the SEALS New Scholar Program and the ability to present a work in progress on the “Policing, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Sentencing” panel. I look forward to sharing my article on the federal government + campus police soon!
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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
📷: Madrid, June 2018
Foto de un grafito en un muro corto al lado de un parque, pintado en rojo, que dice: “LA INMIGRACIÓN PELIGROSA VIENE EN LIMUSINA NO EN PATERA.”

Photo of graffiti on a short wall next to a park, painted in red, that says (translated from Spanish): “THE DANGEROUS IMMIGRATION ARRIVES IN A LIMOUSINE, NOT A DINGY.”
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“My own expectations are the problem” struck a chord with me in a way that both angers but relaxes me, so thank you for that.
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
John Oliver covers police surveillance in his amazing, cutting way and gives a shout out to “Your Data Will Be Used Against You.” !!!! youtu.be/wagYax-0yJI?...
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Two valid conditions
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Can confirm the discussion was great! Always enjoy learning from you.
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The squirrel distribution system has found me @msmith750.bsky.social
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
SEALS day 1 observation: There seems to be a game of how many times can someone use the phrase "historical analog." Stay tuned for more.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 24/07/2026
Florida follows a national trend of an increase in deportation orders, which hit an all-time high of 79,000 in June.
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Florida’s deportation orders surged in June, new data shows
Florida follows a national trend of an increase in deportation orders, which hit an all-time high of 79,000 in June.
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hi there! Wrong Vanessa Miller. I want to make sure the correct one gets the credit 🙂
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yes! *hands over megaphone*
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If only someone were writing an article about this!
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
For my new followers, you know who can investigate the criminal actions of ICE? Congress.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...
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In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz
The community found refuge from white persecution deep in the Everglades swamps centuries ago. Together with environmental groups, they succeeded in forcing the closure of the immigration detention ce...
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 06/06/2026
Florida is considering rules that could block undocumented students from adult education programs and public state colleges.
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Undocumented students may no longer be welcome in Florida colleges, adult education
Florida is considering rules that could block undocumented students from adult education programs and public state colleges.
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Grateful to the Law of the Police Conference for inviting me to present my work on campus police. I’m especially thankful to Rebecca Robichaud and Molly Meoning for organizing such a fantastic event at Wayne State Law in Detroit!
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I’m so sorry to hear this. Hope you get the care you need. Fuck cancer.
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Sharon Brett @sharonbrett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Had a lovely two days at the Law of the Police conference (always a treat to be with @vanessamiller.bsky.social!). Snuck in lunch with @jdmortenson.bsky.social as a bonus. Now I’m smuggling Zingermans pickles back to Kansas. IYKYK.
The best pickles on the planet.
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Colin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New book by rockstar law professor @valenabeety.bsky.social, "Pink Crime," will spotlight wrongful convictions affecting women, LGBTQ+ people: news3lv.com/news/local/n...
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New book "Pink Crime" spotlights wrongful convictions affecting women, LGBTQ+ people
As Pride Month shines a spotlight on LGBTQ+ issues, a growing debate over wrongful convictions is drawing renewed attention to how the criminal justice system a
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
You’re my favorite law professor! Don’t tell the others
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I graduated with my JD & PhD in 2020. Due to the global shutdown, I graduated at home via zoom. I never walked or got hooded by my chair. However, last week, I attended graduation as a faculty member for the first time. Best of all, my family came to celebrate with me. Coolest 6 year delay
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Coming to a close on my first year as a law professor back in my hometown of Miami, and my spirits are as high as the humidity
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
If we play our cards right, soon we’ll be able to send handguns through the postal service but not birth control or ballots
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
His Google review profile likely says differently
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This semester, a student wrote a paper that touched on the intersections of environmental law and policing. The harms of tear gas are devastating. Thread and article below worth a read.
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Emily Steinlight @emilysteinlight.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
College is not a “stamp of approval” for “select people”; it is, overwhelmingly, public infrastructure whose function is to educate the public and advance inquiry in all areas of study. It should be free to all because learning serves the social good and prepares people to participate in social life
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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 15/04/2026
Happy Tax Day. Just a reminder, as you potentially owe Uncle Sam: Mass incarceration costs the U.S. $445 billion every single year.
Flow chart showing the U.S. spends $445 billion on mass incarceration each year.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
ICE just released new detention statistics. First update in about 2 months. As of April 4, 2026, ICE was detaining 60,311 people across the United States. www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
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Detention Management
An official website of the United States government
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Tomorrow we’re covering conspiracy, which means introducing the students to The Wire and one of the greatest moments in the series
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Kyle Barry @kylecbarry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BREAKING: The PA Supreme Court holds that mandatory life without parole sentences for all "felony murder" convictions -- a sentence more than 1,000 people in PA are serving -- violates the state constitution's "cruel" punishment ban. This is GROUNDBREAKING: www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
CHIEF JUSTICE TODD           OPINION No. 3 WAP 2024 Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court entered June 13, 2023, at No. 1008 WDA 2021, Affirming the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County entered December 19, 2016, at No. CP-02-CR-0016878-2014. : : : : : : : : : : : ARGUED:  October 8, 2024 DECIDED:  MARCH 26, 2026 In this appeal by allowance, we granted allocatur to consider whether a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a felony murder conviction violates the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Section 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.1  For the reasons that follow, we determine that a mandatory life without parole sentence for all felony murder convictions, absent an assessment of culpability, is inconsistent with the protections bestowed upon our citizens under the “cruel punishments” clause of our Commonwealth’s organic charter.2  Thus, we reverse the order of the Superior Court, vacate Appellant’s judgment of sentence, and remand for resentencing.  However, as we have done under similar circumstances, we stay our order for 120 days to provide a reasonable amount of time for the General Assembly to consider remedial measures.
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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
96-year old Dolores Huerta made a gutting confession today. She deserves to be heard in her own words. Even the most righteous movements find ways to make space for misogyny. medium.com/@dolores_hue...
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March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Congratulations!! Immediately adding to cart
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Book launch day! “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self Surveillance” is out. Bluesky friends, I would be so grateful if you would buy a copy. And if you can’t afford it, could you at least share this announcement. Thank you. #BookSky politics-prose.com/search?q=You...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
People on awards shows don't "make it political." The world is political. Our lives are political. Our choices are political. The only decision is whether to acknowledge it.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
SCOOP: Federal judiciary approves new Supreme Court defender office to help represent indigent defendants at #SCOTUS. Its full-time director will serve as a counterweight to the U.S. solicitor general in federal criminal cases. The first will be former Kagan clerk and SG atty Ashley Robertson.
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Margaret H. Zhang @marzhang.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
There are some (rare) law review pieces that I click into and then find myself unable to stop reading. This was one of them! Highly recommend everyone read it!!
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