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The intersection of law, journalism, and justice.

DEANNA PAUL

 
 

Press & media features

 

Stormy Daniels Testifies About Alleged Trump Affair • CNN, NewsNight with Abby Phillip: 5.7.24

Prosecution Case Closes in Trump’s Election Interference Trial • CNN, NewsNight with Abby Phillip: 5.20.24

 

Mahmoud Khalil Remains in Custody After Detention Hearing • LIVE NOW FOX with Andrew Craft: 3.12.25

Cassie Takes the Stand in Sean Combs Trial •
NewsNation Now with Connell McShane: 05.13.25

 
 

A selection of legal analysis

 
 

Featured analysis & quotes

 

 
 

NY Weinstein Response Would Allow Irrelevant Testimony in Court: Bloomberg Law published Deanna Paul's piece on the New York bill proposed in response to the reversal of Harvey Weinstein's 2020 sex crimes conviction.

“As a former sex crimes prosecutor, I’m familiar with the unique challenges these cases pose. I also know how powerful evidence of prior bad acts—particularly allegations of sexual misconduct—can be, and its potential to convince a jury of wrongdoing.” Click below to read more.


 
 

When my father went to prison, I wrote him off. We found a way back together.

“With years on the inside of the justice system, and with enough time and distance, I permitted my adult curiosity to steer me back to these events. As a girl, I’d seen my father’s odyssey in simplistic terms, as children often do. Now I know that no crime is victimless. Life in prison broke his heart, too, and I couldn’t see that clearly at the time.”