Doron Menashe

In addition, in 2006, Menashe founded a unique program in the field of adjudication and criminal procedure for the LL.M degree in the Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa.

[1] Menashe is a poet (published a poetry book by Salonet) and he is also a member of the Society of Hebrew Writers in the State of Israel as well as a member of Acom, he has won the "Achi" prize for 2023,[2] his poems were often used in court rulings, for example a poem he wrote was quoted in full in an exculpatory decision that dealt with a conflict that arose between worshipers in a synagogue,[3] and his poem "This is the burden" was also quoted in full as part of the dramatic decision acquitting the police officer who caused the death of Salomon Teke,[4] he also operates a YouTube channel.

Doron Menashe's articles have been published in the most prestigious professional journals in the area of evidence and procedure, including The Berkley Press, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, International Community Law, International Commentary on Evidence, Criminal Law Quarterly, The International Journal of Evidence and Proof, Criminal Justice and Behavior, San Diego, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Yeshiva University, Buffalo etc.

Among other things, He appeared as a prominent legal expert in evidence law on the true-crime Israeli documentary television series Shadow of Truth That was subsequently sold by the producers to Netflix The main thrust of Doron Menashe's research is the theory of evidentiary law, an area which suffers from a relative lack of professional analysis.

In addition, Doron Menashe has special expertise in forms of evidence which relate to specific areas of law, such as forensic evidence in criminal proceedings, bribery cases and white-collar crimes in general (see his articles about the Aryeh Deri case and the Holy Land case against Ehud Olmert); and in the context of science and health, specifically in the context of proving mass injuries due to the danger of exposure to toxins (toxic torts).

(See his critical evaluation of the Report of the Government Investigation Committee on the Results of Military Activities in the Kishon River and the Surrounding Water on the Health of IDF Soldiers.)

In addition, Menashe writes expansively about areas beyond the rules of evidence, for example the place that the element of mercy should play in judging and sentencing.

[12] He addresses the theoretical and practical difficulties in identifying suspects,[13] He also writes about applying the economic approach of law to rules of evidence.

The normative considerations produce the risk-of-error allocation of criminal proceedings, through which Menashe develops a concept called "decision-making strategy."

Since the normative considerations justify a particularly strong defense of the principle of protecting the innocent, so that convicting the innocent is considered more serious than vindicating the guilty, this demands an unequal risk-of-error allocation, so that a higher risk is justified for an erroneous vindication and a lower risk, if possible, for an erroneous conviction.

The risk of wrongful conviction must be as low as possible, one step removed from making criminal law enforcement utterly infeasible.

Doron Menashe's approach in these contexts dovetails with that of the prominent expert on evidence, Alex Stein.