The Innocence Project
Thousands of innocent Americans are in prison for crimes they didn't commit. The Innocence Project, through the use of DNA evidence and legal reform, helps prove these people innocent - so that justice is served, and so the actual perpetrators can be found and imprisoned.
The Innocence Project's cofounder, Barry Scheck, shares the stage here with Jerry Miller, the 200th exoneree of the organization. Miller served 24 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
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William Mullins-Johnson
Aug 6, 2009 — 06:15 PM
My name is William Mullins-Johnson and my wrongful conviction opened up a can of worms here in Canada...feel free to google my name....
Ubnfortunately DNA doesn't help many wrongful convictions as there is no DNA involved.
The cause of too many wrongful convictions is due to arrogant police who wish to build a name on someone's back.
Dan Newell
Aug 8, 2009 — 04:12 PM
Brilliant! I am a retired engineer with technical degrees from Stanford University and a member of the Innocence Project. Properly done positive DNA matches follow a law of nature just as valid as gravity. And laws of nature apply to every citizen not to be ignored or pushed to the background because of traditions or existing civil laws, whether the laws be state or federal (eg, the Alaska case Peter Neufeld argued and lost at the Supreme Court). I financially support the IP and do what I can to work with friends, my local state senator, judges I know, and so on. But often I think I need a bigger hammer.
Dan Newell