INNOCENCE PROJECT Jessica Hein Axia College of University Next I will be showing everyone the statistics of how many people have been wrongfully convicted of crimes. “Overall in the United States there have been 227 post-conviction from DNA exonerations. The year 1989 this was when the first DNA exoneration took place. The exonerations were won in 33 states in the year 2000. The total amount of exonerations has been 162. In the total amount of 227 exonerations only 17 people were exonerated through DNA that was on death row. The normal amount of time exonerates serve is 12 years. The total amount of time served is just about 2,825. The age of exonerates is usually 26 years old at the time of their unfair convictions.”(Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, 2006) Another topic I discuss about is the mission of the program. “In the year 1992 the Innocence Project was established by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law to help prisoners who......

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Title: Expository Essay
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