The most current hot topic within the community of reform relating to wrongful convictions is that of an anticipated review of the forensic sciences and their uses in the United States relating to the criminal conviction procedure. The community pushing for reform is fuel by the astonishing fact that after nearly 2 decades of integral application of these sciences, we still have no formal legitimacy or regulation in place to prevent innocent people from being locked away.
This review will reveal findings and recommendations from the Congress appointed commission. The belief of the Innocence Project is that it will assist in ensuring the criminal justice system and society that we are using ‘sound science’ with the vision that the review will call for further review in order to set standards and regulations to validate certain disciplines and keep them honest.
In my opinion this is what government is for. We get so caught up in whether X should be allowed to marry Y and whether people are talking on the phone while driving. If our government prioritized the criminal justice reform they use so diligently in their campaigns for re-election we might just be able to make some strides. Right?
This review will reveal findings and recommendations from the Congress appointed commission. The belief of the Innocence Project is that it will assist in ensuring the criminal justice system and society that we are using ‘sound science’ with the vision that the review will call for further review in order to set standards and regulations to validate certain disciplines and keep them honest.
In my opinion this is what government is for. We get so caught up in whether X should be allowed to marry Y and whether people are talking on the phone while driving. If our government prioritized the criminal justice reform they use so diligently in their campaigns for re-election we might just be able to make some strides. Right?
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