[1] In 1986, Coleman and his associate, Polly Nelson, joined the defense team of serial killer Ted Bundy.
[10] The Coleman report surmised that the players who had been charged "treated Duke staffers with respect... and had no record of sexist, racist, or other forms of anti-social behavior.
"[11][12] In interviews with 60 Minutes and CBS, and in an article he wrote for the Huffington Post, Coleman voiced his concerns about the justice system on display throughout the Duke lacrosse case.
"[16] As a professor at the Duke University School of Law, Coleman is the co-director of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic and the faculty advisor for the Innocence Project.
In recent years Coleman and the Wrongful Convictions Clinic have succeeded in exonerating former inmates including LaMonte Armstrong and Shawn Massey.