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The Innocence Project works to overturn wrongful convictions of imprisoned individuals, usually by means of DNA testing. The Innocence Project receives thousands of requests to review cases per year, and local offices (called The Innocence Network) see even more. Volunteers can get involved with their local chapters of The Innocence Network as well as sign petitions and donate.
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The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law. The two founded the organization to exonerate wrongly convicted people and help them regain their freedom. Through DNA testing, the Innocence Project has helped many folks find freedom after a wrongful conviction. It helps to expose flaws in our current criminal justice system as well as support major criminal justice reform. Innocence Project has groups across the country as well as ten international locations. The organization has helped to regain the freedom and prove the innocence of over 200 people, 192 of those simply with DNA testing. Scheck and Neufeld were some of the first people to realize the value of using DNA testing to help prove innocence, not just guilt.
Through the organization’s work, Innocence Project has been a...
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