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social science subjects > sociology > crime and deviance > innocence project
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > crime and deviance > innocence project
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > corrections > innocence project
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > corrections (penology) > corrections > innocence project
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > race and crime > corrections > innocence project
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > victimology > victimology and crime prevention > courts: law and justice > innocence project
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > victimology > victimology and crime prevention > criminal justice system > innocence project

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innocence project  

Definition

  • The Innocence Project is a nonprofit legal clinic that originally focused only on cases where postconviction DNA testing of evidence could demonstrate an individual's innocence. The Innocence Project was started by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld in 1992 at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where students worked (and still do) on cases involving a defendant's innocence under supervision of a team of attorneys and clinic staff. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Innocence Project]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MH555RDD-7

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