The Innocence Project
Posted On: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law after becoming involved in studying and litigating surrounding the use of forensic DNA testing. Along with their team, they work to exonerate individuals who have wrongly convicted and to reform the justice system to prevent future wrongful convictions. How many inmates currently incarcerated in the United States are actually innocent is impossible to know, but estimates put the number at somewhere between 2% and 5% of all inmates. Taking a very conservative estimate of only 1% would mean about 20,000 people are currently being punished for crimes they didn’t commit. This would include 1 in 25 death row inmates. The Innocence Project works extensively research each case before moving forward with efforts to exonerate the wrongfully convicted. They then use DNA technology to supply the courts with proof of their...
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Color of Change
Posted On: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018For ten years, Color of Change has been on a mission to end the injustices faced by Black people in America. They are now the largest online racial justice organization with over one million members with the goal to encourage humanity over hostility through the promotion of economic justice, criminal justice, media justice, and the use of voice and power. Color of Change takes an integrated approach to racial justice. They believe racism survives because it is reinforced by multiple areas of our society: racist media, political inequality, and economic inequality. These areas reinforce each other and continue the cycle of racism in America. Color of Change addresses these areas with economic justice, criminal justice, media justice, and the use of voice and power. What do each of these strategies involve? The goal of economic justice is naturally influenced by multiple factors. In order to achieve this, Color of...
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