The video above will introduce a non-profit organization which has successfully exonerated more than 220 people since its founding in 1992. The Innocence Project has been an inspiration to me, and has worked incessantly to attack two main issues: 1. “...to free the staggering number of innocent people.” 2. “...to bring substantive reform to the [criminal justice] system." The wrongfully convicted person will spend an average of 12 years in prison before being exonerated, if they are fortunate enough to ever be granted exoneration. Along with the extreme cost burden our government faces of housing an individual in prison, the system has robbed such individuals of precious time and the opportunity to thrive in society.
Here is the link for the organizations webpage if anyone is interested in further information. http://www.innocenceproject.org/
6 comments:
Glad to see my niece has a blog. Now my question to you. Wrongfully convicted how? 1. Poor investigation?/evidence 2. Rush to close a case? 3. Flaw in the notion of "Trial by peers"? 4. Something I haven't thought of yet?
Silly me, I just found your graph. So my next question given the graph... Is overtuning convictions based on DNA 60+% because it is low hanging fruit? That is, easy to prove. The conspiracy theorist in me believes the notion of "Trial by peers" is flawed. Of course I am bitter because I start Jury duty on Monday.
Tiffany-
Interesting topic. It would be interesting to see what ABA lawschools in CA practice wrongfully convicted inmates.
Uncle, I think you may have mistaken the quiz I posted for a graph. This is not and actual statistic, but simply the outcome of the poll. The major point of the poll was to test the knowledge and level of awareness of those viewing my blog. Only 3 participated in the poll, thus 66% of them (2) knew the correct answer. As of yet my research has not once suggested the possibility of the potential inconsistency in verdicts as a result of trial by peers. Good question and I will have more on the topic in the future.
Tara, Below I posted the 2 "projects" that are in California, as well as an additional 'resource' that is also in California. All three schools are ABA acredited and each project is run by Civil Rights Attorneys and law students within each respective school.
California and Hawaii Innocence Project
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0422
University of California - Irvine
(not a project, but a resource)
William Thompson
Department of Criminology, Law & Society
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-7080
What do you think are the major contributors to wrongful convictions between Law Enforcement or the Court System? And of the 220 that were exonerated what was the most common reason for the wrongful convictions?
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