According to it's website, the "Innocence Project" has what goal?
The Innocence Project

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MANUEL MALDONADO
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exonerate the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice
free every single person locked up in prison because humans should not be kept in cages
share the stories of all people wrongly convicted due shed light on the mistakes of the U.S. judicial system
create films to make money to buy lawyers to free wrongly convicted people
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In what year was the Innocence Project founded?
1972
1982
1992
2002
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While at Cardozo Law School, the Innocence Project was founded by which two people?
Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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DNA exonerations indicate that which race is more likely to be wrongfully convicted?
Native Americans
Asian Americans
African Americans
Caucasian Americans
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What primary type of forensic testing does the Innocence Project use to exonerate wrongly convicted people?
DNA
Fingerprint
Lie detector
Drug
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Which of the following is NOT part of the Innocence Project's mission?
exonerate the innocent who have been wrongly convicted
improve case law through targeted legal work
reform laws & implement policies that prevent wrongful conviction
arrest & convict as many people as possible
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Exonerations teach us the most common cause of wrongful conviction are 52% due to bad forensic science & 63% because of what?
eyewitness misidentification
false confessions
lying informants
paperwork filed incorrectly
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A High School student would probably know that this is the number of years served in jail before exoneration.
1
16
42
100
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