This year NCIP continues support for policies that prevent wrongful convictions, free innocent people from wrongful incarceration, and provide support and compensation for exonerees. Our prevention work focuses on eyewitness misidentification and false confessions as leading causes of wrongful conviction.…
It was a busy year for Innocence Network affiliated organizations. According to a recent report by the National Registry of Exonerations (Registry), researchers found that 149 people were cleared in 2015 for crimes they didn’t commit — more than any other year…
NCIP is honoring law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Simpson) for its steadfast commitment to public service, at NCIP’s Justice for All Awards Dinner On March 17, 2016. Jason Bussey and Patrick King will be accepting the Pro Bono…
What’s a human rights attorney like me doing in a place like this? That’s the question I’ve asked myself over the past two months since becoming Executive Director of NCIP. I returned to the Bay Area this summer after 13…
District Attorney’s offices are increasingly creating Conviction Review Units (CRUs) to re‐examine questionable convictions and guard against future error. But not all CRUs are created equal. In a recently published report entitled “Conviction Review Units: A National Perspective,” John Hollway,…
All students with an interest in legal ethics are invited and encourages to participate. Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics. Entries must be original, unpublished work. Entries must not exceed 50 pages, included notes,…
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“The importance of misdirection incorporated into your act cannot be stressed enough. Factors include where your audience is positioned, where and when they look and what they are thinking about. Basically, misdirection is making sure that [they] stay focused on…
“The importance of misdirection incorporated into your act cannot be stressed enough. Factors include where your audience is positioned, where and when they look and what they are thinking about. Basically, misdirection is making sure that [they] stay focused on…
The deadline for the 2015-2016 Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition is fast approaching! Entries must be received no later than 11:59 pm ET on Monday, April 4, 2016. Students should email entries (and any questions) to Talia Fox…