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947 years they can never get back
Posted: April 2, 2008 3:35 pm
Too many exonerees were wrongfully convicted when they were still kids. More than one-third of the 215 people exonerated by DNA evidence to date were between 14 and 22 years old when arrested. They served a combined 947 years in prison for crimes they didn’t commit.
The Innocence Project launched a national campaign today – “947 Years. In Their Prime. In Prison. Innocent.” – to educate and engage young people in the work of freeing the innocent and preventing wrongful convictions.
The campaign’s website includes a new two-minute video, a petition supporting universal access to post-conviction DNA testing access and multimedia accounts of the cases of 11 people who were convicted in their youth. Click here to sign the petition today, and click here to explore the new website.
We will rely on your support to keep the momentum going among our nation’s youth. We ask that you forward the site to young people, parents and teachers here, and you can help us spread the word on Facebook, MySpace and YouTube.