The Innocence Project
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Title: The Innocence Project
Author: Naomi Douglas
Date: 9th March 2012
Contents * The Innocence Project Organisation
* Death Row
* Two Cases
* Niamh Gunn
* YouTube, Books
* References
The Innocence Project Organisation:
This Organisation is a non-profit Legal organisation dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices. The Innocence Project was established in a landmark study by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Senate in conjunction with the Benjamin N.Cardozo School of Law, which found that incorrect identification by eyewitnesses was a factor in over 70% of wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University .It then became an independent non-profit organization in 2003, but has strong institutional connections with Cardozo. As I have said, The project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. As a clinic, law students handle case work while supervised by a team of attorneys and clinic staff. There are many organisations across the world. The Innocence Project is a member of the Innocence Network, which brings together a number of innocence organizations from across the United States of America. It includes members from other English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and our own Country - Ireland. The Irish Innocence Project (Tionscadal Neamhchiontachta na hÉireann) was officially launched at Griffith College Dublin by Doctor Greg Hampikian, director of the Idaho Innocence Project and DNA expert for the Georgia Innocence Project. This is the first
Title: The Innocence Project
Author: Naomi Douglas
Date: 9th March 2012
Contents * The Innocence Project Organisation
* Death Row
* Two Cases
* Niamh Gunn
* YouTube, Books
* References
The Innocence Project Organisation:
This Organisation is a non-profit Legal organisation dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices. The Innocence Project was established in a landmark study by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Senate in conjunction with the Benjamin N.Cardozo School of Law, which found that incorrect identification by eyewitnesses was a factor in over 70% of wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University .It then became an independent non-profit organization in 2003, but has strong institutional connections with Cardozo. As I have said, The project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. As a clinic, law students handle case work while supervised by a team of attorneys and clinic staff. There are many organisations across the world. The Innocence Project is a member of the Innocence Network, which brings together a number of innocence organizations from across the United States of America. It includes members from other English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and our own Country - Ireland. The Irish Innocence Project (Tionscadal Neamhchiontachta na hÉireann) was officially launched at Griffith College Dublin by Doctor Greg Hampikian, director of the Idaho Innocence Project and DNA expert for the Georgia Innocence Project. This is the first
References: The Crime On the afternoon of November 4, 1986, the body of an African-American woman was found lying under a blanket near a busy Brooklyn highway