Exoneration |
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Some links to resources related with the exoneration
in the U.S. |
Center on Wrongful Convictions
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/exonerations/index.htm
Northwestern University School of Law REsources site about the exonerated. |
Justice
Denied
http://www.justicedenied.org/index.htm
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Truth
in Justice
http://www.truthinjustice.org/dpissues.htm
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NEWS:
Prisoner exonerated
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/02/national/02FREE.html?pagewanted=all&ei=5070&en=
c9cbe169fda679d2&ex=1073710800
Peter Limone was exonerated afer 33 years in prison (4 years in death row). New
York Times - February 2, 2001 Barbara Becnel is the executive director of Neighborhood
House.
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The
Life After Exoneration Program
http://www.exonerated.org/
Begun in 2003, LAEP is a nationwide project that appreciates the unique challenges
facing the exonerated and provides services and resources to help this growing
community of survivors of wrongful conviction re-enter society and rebuild their
lives.
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"The
Exonerated"
http://www.45bleecker.com/
This is a new play based on the experiences of 11 people who were wrongly convicted
of capital crimes and spent time on death row. The play, which has been running
at the Culture Project (45 Bleecker Street, in Greenwich Village) on Monday nights
since Oct. 30, has been drawing big audiences as well as a roster of big-name
actors wanting to perform in the piece. Among the performers who have appeared
are Charles S. Dutton, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Buscemi
and David Morse; this evening's cast includes Cherry Jones, Martha Plimpton and
Polly Bergen, as well as a musical performance by Cyndi Lauper.
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BBC
News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/audiovideo/programmes/correspondent/newsid_1168000/
1168496.stm
Since it reintroduced the death penalty a quarter of a century ago, America has
executed 695 people. Another 3,703 wait on death row. But a recent spate of releases
of the wrongfully convicted has triggered alarm that America may be executing
the innocent.
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