Innocence Project
The Innocence Project uses DNA evidence to help exonerate wrongfully convicted people. In this interview, co-founder Barry Scheck talks about his work and reforms needed in the justice system to help prevent wrongful convictions.
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Alan Newton Interview - The Innocence Project
Alan Newton was exonerated by DNA testing after serving 21 years in New York prisons for a crime he didn't commit. He shares his experiences in this short interview. For more information, visit www.innocenceproject.org
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- Length: 4:06
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Eyewitness Identification - Getting it Right
Read the Innocence Project's "Reevaluating Lineups" report on eyewitness misidentifications. www.innocenceproject.org
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- Length: 7:43
- Views: 18634
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Northern California Innocence Project-Maurice Caldwell's Story: Wrongfully Incarcerated for 20 years
On March 28, 2011, after more than 20 years in prison, Mr. Caldwell was released from San Francisco County Jail after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Charles Haines ordered him freed. Haines set aside Mr. Caldwell's conviction December 2010, after NCIP lawyers demonstrated evidence of actual i...
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- Length: 4:59
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Innocence Project: Life After Exoneration
Herman Atkins, Sr., and Calvin Johnson, Jr., spent a combined 27 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. Here, they describe the challenges faced by the exonerated after their release. Only about half of US states have laws compensating the exonerated, find out if your state is one here: ...
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- Length: 3:07
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the innocence project / episode one / one of seven
the innocence project follows a group of bright and ambitious law students.
California Innocence Project Director Justin Brooks discusses Brian Banks' case
Banks is a former high school football star who was wrongfully convicted of rape. The California Innocence Project is working to overturn Banks' conviction. Video courtesy of CBS 2 in Los Angeles.
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- Length: 6:49
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Innocence Project - Wrongfully Convicted Man
The Innocence Project refers to a number of non-profit legal clinics in the United States. The most well known is based at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in New York City. It directly serves defendants who can conclusively be proven innocent by DNA testing of evidence...
Two-Minute Science Lesson: How Forensic DNA Testing Works
An overview of how forensic DNA testing can identify individuals and overturn wrongful convictions. With Innocence Project Case Director Huy Dao.
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- Length: 1:55
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- Tags: DNA testing science class high school biology crime police dna barry scheck innocence project dna profiling STR PCR How DNA works how dna testing works forensic science csi
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Innocence Project - Jerry Miller
Illinois exoneree Jerry Miller discusses his 1982 wrongful conviction and the 24 years he was incarcerated for a crime DNA now proves he didn't commit. Jerry was the 200th person exonerated by DNA testing nationwide - learn more at www.innocenceproject.org
Ask an Innocence Project Attorney
Senior Staff Attorney Vanessa Potkin answers questions on September 15, 2011, from our online community. She discusses her background and covers issues including eyewitness identification, forensic science, false confessions, tunnel vision, police and prosecutorial misconduct, shaken baby syndrom...
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- Length: 10:34
- Views: 1400
- Tags: dna testing vanessa potkin dna barry scheck innocence project forensic eyewitness
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Innocence Project Event - The Wrongfully Convicted
Seventeen people who served decades in prison for crimes they didn't commit were honored in April, 2007 at an Innocence Project Event. These are their stories. Learn more at www.innocenceproject.org.
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- Length: 5:51
- Views: 23283
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California Innocence Project: Law Students Work to Free the Innocent
Anyone who follows the news knows that people can serve time in prison - decades even - for crimes they didn't commit. But some law schools - including San Diego's own California Western School of Law - are working to free people who they believe are innocent. KPBS reporter Pat Finn has this prof...
Prosecutorial Oversight: New York City event - Hour One
On February 6, 2012, the Innocence Project, Veritas Initiative, the Innocence Project New Orleans and Voices of Innocence held their first stop in a nationwide tour, "Prosecutorial Oversight: A National Dialogue in the Wake of Connick v. Thompson," at the Benjamin L. Cardozo School of Law in New ...
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- Length: 64:53
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Cornelius Dupree -- Exonerated in Texas
Cornelius Dupree speaks at the Innocence Project Celebration of Freedom & Justice on May 4, 2011. Dupree served 30 years in Texas prisons for a crime he didn't commit before he was exonerated through DNA testing in March 2011. Learn more about his case here: bit.ly
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- Length: 2:17
- Views: 2360
- Tags: cornelius dupree innocence project dna testing barry scheck texas prison criminal justice death penalty police prosecutors defense attorney activism nonprofit
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Prosecutorial Oversight: John Thompson and his fight for justice
In 1984, John Thompson, a 22-year-old father of two, was wrongfully convicted of two separate crimes, a robbery and murder. While facing his seventh execution date, a private investigator discovered scientific evidence of Thompson's innocence that had been concealed for 15 years by the New Orlean...
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- Length: 6:52
- Views: 2268
- Tags: john thompson prosecutorial oversight innocence project new orleans harry connick Justice
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Voices For Troy Davis - Witness To Innocence Project
On Sept. 16, 2011 hundreds of people gathered in Atlanta, Georgia in solidarity to oppose the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. In this video, Gary Drinkard and Shujaa Graham, members of Witness to Innocence Project bear witness to the injustices of the American criminal justice system faced by Af...
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- Length: 7:29
- Views: 679
- Tags: Troy Davis death penalty Amnesty Internation Witness to Innocence Atlanta criminal justice NAACP
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