Wrongful Convictions and DNA Exonerations: Understanding the …
2017年9月7日 · It identifies 133 DNA exoneration cases (39 percent), from the same pool of cases identified by the Innocence Project, in which forensic science is a contributing factor. …
Addressing the Impact of Wrongful Convictions on Crime Victims
2014年10月1日 · Victims and stakeholders agreed that the original crime victims should not be blindsided by the exoneration or find out after the wrongfully convicted individual has been …
Just Wrong: The Aftermath of Wrongful Convictions
2017年10月1日 · Timeline text: 2009, Exoneration after eleventh appeal. Fernando Bermudez: I had gotten arrested at 22 and I was 40 years old November 2009. And the judge asked me to …
The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful ...
2023年11月28日 · Wrongful conviction, or the conviction of a person for a crime that they did not commit, is one of the greatest travesties of the criminal justice system. As of 2023, The …
Wrongful Convictions - National Institute of Justice
Wrongful Convictions:
Just Wrong: The Aftermath of Wrongful Convictions
2017年10月1日 · The strength of our criminal justice system depends on its ability to convict the guilty and clear the innocent.
Five Things About Reentry - National Institute of Justice
2023年4月26日 · Reentry is a term coined by former director of the National Institute of Justice Jeremy Travis. Correctional confinement includes jails, which are facilities generally operated …
Police Lineups: Making Eyewitness Identification More Reliable
2007年10月1日 · In 1981, 22-year-old Jerry Miller was arrested and charged with robbing, kidnapping, and raping a woman. Two witnesses identified Miller, in a police lineup, as the …
Annual Reports and Reports to Congress - National Institute of …
2025年1月17日 · History of NIJNational Institute of Justice: Celebrating Over 50 Years (2018)25 Years of Criminal Justice Research (1994)Find annual and other legislated reports by …
DNA Evidence Basics: Possible Results from Testing
2012年8月8日 · In some cases where an exclusion is reported, it may be necessary to do additional testing for that exclusion to be meaningful to the case or to provide evidence for …