The Innocence Project Thesis

The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. They created the Innocence Project to help wrongfully accused people get out of jail. They looked at cases where people were wrongfully incarcerated and through DNA, try to help them regain their freedom that they deserve. Their mission statement is “to free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated, and to bring reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment”. Since the Innocence Project Started, they have so far released 342 wrongfully committed people from jail who on average spent about 14 years in jail for a crime that they did not commit. That is 342 people who, without the Innocence Project, might never have had a taste …show more content…
He was sentenced to life in prison, just nearly escaping the death penalty because he was under 18 years old and not considered an adult yet. He was convicted due to false confessions or admissions and informants saying that he committed the crime. Thanks to the Innocence Project, Christopher was able to get out of jail after 28 years, but 28 years in jail is still a very long, life changing time for an innocent person who did not deserve to be locked up. He will have psychological effects from this for the rest of his life and his families’ lives have been completely changed from going 28 years without seeing him and wondering if they would ever see him again. Without the Innocence Project helping Christopher out by looking at his case and doing another DNA test which helped set him free, Christopher may have been in prison for the rest of his life, dying there, and never being able to see his family again. The Innocence Project has helped 342 innocent people get out of jail so far, and that number will keep growing. Anyone who has been wrongfully convicted should look to the Innocence Project to help because they will and want to (Christopher Abernathy,