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The Innocence Project: A Case Study

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DNA has been an essential method for examination for officers of the law. This method has assist numerous amount people to get convicted of a crime or to prove innocent of a person of any wrongdoing. In the year of 1992, the Innocence Project was established, the motive for this was to examine previous court cases and by utilize DNA testing, justifying wrong convictions of innocent people. Since the beginning of the Innocence Project, this project has help hundreds of convictions be overturned in the criminal justice system. The average time serve is 14 years in prison prior to vindicate and set free. Also the Innocence Project has help to convicted 150 people of wrongdoing in the society today. The Innocence Project is contains a full-time

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