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Study of Georgia’s Wrongfully Convicted Highlights Powerful Need for Reform

September 22, 2009

By John F. Terzano

Twenty innocent men spent almost 170 years in prison in Georgia for crimes they did not commit. What does eight years mean…

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Tags: criminal justice system, eyewitness-errors, georgia, The Justice Project, wrongful conviction

False Confessions: What would it take to make you confess?

July 14, 2009

By John F. Terzano

Why would anyone confess to a crime they did not commit? What would it take to get you to confess to a…

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Tags: Chicago Tribune, criminal justice system, electronic recording, False Confessions, New York Times, policy review, reform, Texas, The Justice Project

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