On July 10, Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project will host Nathan Goetting, author of “The Supreme Court’s Actual Innocence Problem: How the Supreme Court of the United States Has Failed to Reduce Wrongful Convictions.” During the meet-the-author event, Goetting, a graduate of Cooley and now professor and director of the George Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy at Adrian College, will discuss the research that went into the book and why this topic is relevant for our nation’s criminal justice system.
In addition to Goetting, Gilbert Poole, Jr., who was represented by Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project, will be in attendance. In 2021, Oakland County Circuit Judge Rae Lee Chabot set aside the conviction of Poole, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1989.
In his book, Goetting argues that the Supreme Court has failed to adequately respond to data on DNA exonerations and continues to minimize and perpetuate miscarriages of justice.
While at Cooley, Goetting spent two terms working on cases with the Cooley Innocence Project. Before Cooley, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Aquinas College and a Master of Arts degree from Western Michigan University.
He has been with Adrian College since 2008, and twice received the college’s Creative Activity, Research, and Scholarship Award, which is given faculty-wide for the best contribution to one’s field. In 2016, Goetting began teaching at the University of Toledo College of Law and received a prestige faculty appointment in 2025. His scholarship focuses on constitutional law and civil liberties. Additionally, he served as faculty advisor to The University of Toledo Law Review, and published numerous articles on legal issues, specifically those concerning the rights of the accused and freedom of expression.
The event is open to the public, but RSVPs are preferred. RSVPs can be sent to [email protected].
In addition to Goetting, Gilbert Poole, Jr., who was represented by Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project, will be in attendance. In 2021, Oakland County Circuit Judge Rae Lee Chabot set aside the conviction of Poole, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1989.
In his book, Goetting argues that the Supreme Court has failed to adequately respond to data on DNA exonerations and continues to minimize and perpetuate miscarriages of justice.
While at Cooley, Goetting spent two terms working on cases with the Cooley Innocence Project. Before Cooley, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Aquinas College and a Master of Arts degree from Western Michigan University.
He has been with Adrian College since 2008, and twice received the college’s Creative Activity, Research, and Scholarship Award, which is given faculty-wide for the best contribution to one’s field. In 2016, Goetting began teaching at the University of Toledo College of Law and received a prestige faculty appointment in 2025. His scholarship focuses on constitutional law and civil liberties. Additionally, he served as faculty advisor to The University of Toledo Law Review, and published numerous articles on legal issues, specifically those concerning the rights of the accused and freedom of expression.
The event is open to the public, but RSVPs are preferred. RSVPs can be sent to [email protected].
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