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Introduction
The Justice Project is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to fighting injustice and to creating a more humane and just world. Our current programs are the Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform and Veterans for America. Read more about us.
Latest News
Introducing the Justice Newsladder
John Terzano explains how three new Web sites sponsored by The Justice Project will keep criminal justice reformers on top of developments across the nation.
April 28, 2008Justice Department Holding DNA Testing Program Hostage
The Department of Justice is sitting on nearly $14 million intended for state grants to conduct post-conviction DNA testing under a program named for Kirk Bloodsworth, the first person sentenced to death row to be exonerated by DNA evidence.
January 23, 2008
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Press Releases
Funding for Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program Being Held “Hostage” by Justice Department
Kirk Noble Bloodsworth urged the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2008, to require the Department of Justice to follow the law and begin providing federal funding to states for post-conviction DNA testing under the grant program that bears his name. Bloodsworth, the first person sentenced to death row to be exonerated by DNA evidence, criticized the Justice Department for failing to approve a single state grant application under the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program, which is part of the Justice for All Act of 2004.
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National Agenda for Reform
 To promote solutions to the problem of wrongful convictions, The Justice Project has constructed a national program of initiatives designed to increase the fairness and accuracy of the criminal justice system. Research into exonerations of innocent people over the past decade has yielded much information on the primary causes of wrongful convictions and has identified a number of common, preventable errors. The Justice Project's National Agenda for Reform offers recommendations for improvements in eight specific areas, including eyewitness identification, custodial interrogation, use of jailhouse snitch testimony, and expanded discovery laws. Read a National Law Journal opinion piece and blog posts by TJP President John Terzano that highlight our National Agenda for Reform.
Campaign Highlights
 Adequate Counsel in Tennessee
Through communications, research and policy initiatives, The Justice Project's Tennessee Campaign is working to ensure that the state of Tennessee provides adequate counsel to indigent capital defendants, as well as advancing other critical criminal justice reform proposals that will help to prevent wrongful convictions and executions. Read a recent op-ed by our TN campaign director on the need for adequate counsel in the state.
Governor Hugh L. Carey Awards
The Third Annual Governor Hugh L. Carey Legacy Award will be held in New York City on April 30, 2008. The Justice Project will be honored to present awards to Peter C. Goldmark of the Environmental Defense Fund and Stanley S. Shuman of Allen and Company, LLC. Find out more! |
