Resources
- Center on Wrongful Convictions for Youth
An affiliate of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law focusing on the wrongful convictions of youth.
Click here - The Exoneration Initiative
The Exoneration Initiative provides pro-bono legal counsel to those wrongfully incarcerated in the state of New York. They focus on those cases that lack DNA evidence.
Click here - Death Penalty Information Center
DPIC is an excellent resource for information regarding the death penalty.
Click here - West Memphis 3 Case
This website is devoted to the spreading awareness of the West Memphis 3 case and advocates for their exoneration.
Click here - Free West Memphis 3
This is another website committed to the exoneration of the West Memphis 3.
Click here - The Innocence Network
An affiliation of organization that offers pro-bono legal services to those wrongfully convicted.
Click here - The Justice Project
The Justice Project works to maintain a fair and just criminal justice system.
Click here - Center on Wrongful Convictions
Center on Wrongful Convictions is a Northwestern University-based project commited to helping exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals. They take both DNA and non-DNA cases. The website is also an excellent resource for learning about wrongful convictions.
Click here - Marty Tankleff
This website tells the story and provides information about the story of Marty Tankleff who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 17 years.
Click here - Networked Knowledge
Networked Knowledge is an excellent resource for legal materials and information about wrongful convictions and other areas of miscarriages in the criminal justice system.
Click here - Soury Communications
Soury Communications is the website of the PR company of Lonnie Soury. One of his focuses is on advocacy for those wrongfully convicted in the criminal justice system.
Click here - American Chronicle
American Chronicle is a website that highlights different political issues. Specifically they showcase top experts working on the West Memphis 3 case.
Click here - TalkLeft.com
TalkLeft.com is an online magazine that covers news about crime and injustice.
Click here - Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity produces investigative journalism that focuses on public issues so as to keep government and systemic powers accountable.
Click here - Victims of the State
Victims of the State: Victims of the State offers a comprehensive listing of wrongful convictions by state.
Click here - Justice Busters
List of cases & articles about injustices
Click here - Northwestern Law Bluhm Legal Clinic: False Confessions
Compiled list of false confession cases to help show the need for mandatory taped confessions
Click here - The Exonerated (Play and a Movie)Click here
- Amnesty Magazine: False Confessions
"broadly accepted policies and procedures that amount to an institutionalized violation of the Fifth Amendment, which is the constitutional underpinning for Miranda. And therein lies the real threat to the criminal justice system and to the human rights of suspects."
Click here - Innocence Project of Florida: False Confessions
In 2003, Illinois became the first state to require by law that all police interrogations of suspects in homicide cases must be recorded.
Click here - The Truth About False ConfessionsClick here
- Justice Denied
"Justice: Denied" magazine publicizes cases of wrongful conviction, and exposes how and why they occur.
Click here - Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is a non-profit pro-bono legal organization that uses DNA technology to help exonerate innocent people incarcerated in our country's prisons.
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