Today marks the sixth annual Wrongful Conviction Day—a day founded by the Innocence Network to honor those affected by wrongful conviction, including exonerees, their families and communities.
This year the Innocence Project—together with the 67 partner organizations around the world that make up the Innocence Network—are calling for more comprehensive training in the human factors that influence criminal investigations.
Today, watch these videos to learn more about the various ways human error can put innocent people in prison.
People make mistakes—but when those mistakes lead to people being imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit, it’s everyone’s responsibility to understand how we can do better. The Innocence Project and the Ohio Innocence Project have produced videos featuring leading global experts on the human factors that play a role in criminal investigations and prosecutions, and how we can safeguard against errors.
For Wrongful Conviction Day, watch these videos to learn more, then share them with your network:
Sara LaCava Lieberman
Assistant Director of Development,
Network Support Unit
P.S. Today is the last day to use the code WCD2019 to get 15% off at the Innocence Project shop. Head to shop.innocenceproject.org to place your order before midnight.
Started in 1992 as a legal clinic at Cardozo School of Law, the Innocence Project is now an independent nonprofit, affiliated with Cardozo, that exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. www.innocenceproject.org
