The Innocence Project refers to a number of non-profit legal clinics in the United States. The most well known is based at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in New York City. It directly serves defendants who can conclusively be proven innocent by DNA testing of evidence done after their convictions. As of February 9, 2007 194 defendants previously convicted of serious crimes in the United States had been exonerated by DNA testing. Almost all of these convictions involved some form of sexual assault and approximately 25% involved murder. The Innocence Project was established in the wake of a landmark study by the United States Department of Justice and the United States Senate, in conjunction with Columbia Law School. Among the study's estimates are a 5% failure rate in the US justice system, which suggests as many as 100000 falsely convicted prisoners. Other reports place the estimate as high as 10%. - Wikipedia ~ "Innocence Project"
Orignal From: Innocence Project - Wrongfully Convicted Man
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