All Articles tagged DNA exoneration

• Justice Commentaries
  December 17, 2016 EDT
  INNOCENCE PROJECT: DNA EXONERATIONS, 1989-2014: REVIEW OF DATA AND FINDINGS FROM THE FIRST 25 YEARS
  Emily WestVanessa Meterko

  This report offers a first-time comprehensive review of data collected by the Innocence Project on DNA exonerations.

• General
  June 10, 2016 EDT
  THE PATH TO EXONERATION
  Jon B. GouldRichard A. Leo

  The first systematic empirical study of how the American criminal justice system discovers and responds to factual error based on actual innocence.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  GENDERING AND RACING WRONGFUL CONVICTION: INTERSECTIONALITY, “NORMAL CRIMES,” AND WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
  Elizabeth WebsterJody Miller

  This article considers how gendered and raced biases play fundamental roles in creating the crime and suspect typifications that take hold and shape the practices of criminal justice system actors.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  GENDERING AND RACING WRONGFUL CONVICTION: INTERSECTIONALITY, “NORMAL CRIMES,” AND WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
  Elizabeth WebsterJody Miller

  This article considers how gendered and raced biases play fundamental roles in creating the crime and suspect typifications that take hold and shape the practices of criminal justice system actors.

• Justice Commentaries
  May 05, 2012 EDT
  PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF WRONGFUL CONVICTION: SUPPORT FOR COMPENSATION AND APOLOGIES
  Kimberly A. ClowIsabella M. BlandisiRose RicciardelliRegina A. Schuller

  To investigate public perception of compensation, face-to-face interviews were conducted with fifteen community members. Findings suggest that all interviewees believed that individuals who have been wrongly convicted should receive compensation.

• Justice Commentaries
  March 04, 2011 EDT
  DEFINING INNOCENCE
  Keith A. Findley

  This essay argues that innocence does indeed mean factual innocence and that the best we can do is rely on the legal standards that define guilt and presume innocence.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  August 08, 2010 EDT
  WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS:UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING CRIMINAL INJUSTICE
  Jonathan Lippman

  Judge Lippman's symposium remarks.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  August 08, 2010 EDT
  FALSE CONFESSIONS
  Saul M. Kassin

  Professor Kassin's symposium remarks.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  August 08, 2010 EDT
  PROTECTING THE INNOCENT IN NEW YORK: MOVING BEYOND CHANGING ONLY THEIR NAMES
  James R. AckerCatherine L. Bonventre

  This article focuses on the findings and recommendations of the Final Report of the New York State Bar Association‘s Task Force on Wrongful Convictions.