Innocence Blog

Media coverage: Innocence Project calls for New York reforms

Posted: October 19, 2007 11:50 am



There has been a great deal of media coverage of the Innocence Project’s report, “Lessons Not Learned,” released yesterday at a press conference in New York City. The report details the causes of the 23 wrongful convictions overturned by DNA testing in New York State and calls for reforms to prevent future injustice.

Read the press release and download the full report here.

Click on the links below to read media coverage online:

New York Times: New York State Not Doing Enough to Prevent Wrongful Convictions, Report Says

NBC 4: N.Y. Group Asks For Legal Reforms To Prevent Wrongful Convictions

Reuters: N.Y. failing to act on wrongful convictions: study

Associated Press: NY group asks for legal reforms to prevent wrongful convictions