The following links to online programs and resources are helpful to learn more about innocence-related issues:
The Innocence Project in New York:
www.innocenceproject.org
The first legal organization to use DNA to exonerate innocent people, the Innocence Project website is a wonderful resource for learning about the causes of wrongful convictions and actions being taken across the country to address the problem.
The Innocence Network:
www.innocencenetwork.org
Most innocence projects across the country are affiliated with the Innocence Network. On their web site you can find a list of all of the programs and their jurisdictional requirements.
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project Blog:
www.innocenceprojectpa.wordpress.com
Here we provide updated information about our cases, and about the developments in the innocence movement generally.
Professor Gary Wells’ website:
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/gwells/homepage.htm
Professor Wells is one of the nation’s leading expert on eyewitness identification and has been conducting social science research in the field for over 10 years. His website contains articles, studies and information about eyewitness research.
False confession blog:
http://blog.law.northwestern.edu/bluhm/false_confessions/
Follows major developments in areas of false confessions.
Professor Saul Kassin:
http://www.williams.edu/Psychology/Faculty/Kassin/index.htm
Professor Kassin is a leading social science researcher in the field of false confessions, and a frequent expert witness at trials and hearing.
Links to good law review articles and other publications on wrongful convictions:
http://www.nysda.org/html/innocence_wrongful_convictions.html#LawReviews
http://www.llrx.com/features/wrongfulconviction.htm
Justice: Denied - The Magazine for the Wrongfully Convicted
http://justicedenied.org
Summary: Justice: Denied magazine publicizes cases of wrongful conviction, and exposes how and why they occur. Justice:Denied is produced by a team of volunteer writers, editors and other staff persons located throughout the United States.
Truth in Justice
http://truthinjustice.org/index.htm
Summary: This online newsletter is updated bi-monthly and collects case stories. Stories are organized by subjects such as: death penalty, eyewitness ID, junk science, arson, police/prosecutorial misconduct, and so forth.
Innocence Commissions and Reports:
California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice report available at:
http://www.ccfaj.org/documents/CCFAJFinalReport.pdf
Illinois Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment (referred to as the “Ryan Commission report”):
http://www.idoc.state.il.us/ccp/ccp/reports/commission_report/index.html
The Connecticut Innocence Commission has not issued a report, but does report on its meetings and conclusions periodically at:
http://www.jud.ct.gov/Committees/wrongfulconviction/
Wisconsin Criminal Justice Reform Package: a bill passed by the Wisconsin Legislature aimed at minimizing the factors leading to wrongful convictions
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/Lb/06Lb18.pdf |
