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IF you want to do something, you could support The Innocence Project: http://www.innocenceproject.org/

Or support this defense attorney (former NYC prosecutor) who is working to educate people about the justice system by drawing The Illustrated Guide to the Law: http://lawcomic.net/ http://www.patreon.com/nathanburney

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I worked at The Innocence Project for 2 years. When I was working there, our exoneration rate for cases that made it to DNA testing was 50%. Imagine that - 50%. This kind of failure rate is unacceptable. This is a compounded by the fact that the majority of cases we saw never made it to DNA testing because evidence was so old that it was typically lost.

The Innocence Project still has a huge backlog of cases. Legal cases are incredibly long and expensive. A single DNA test costs thousands of dollars. Donations mean everything here. Thank you.

Wow. This leave me think two different things - 1. How much can I donate to help and 2. What can I do to help with getting DNA evidence out of old samples. How many people are languishing in jail because we have not using the best science available?

> A single DNA test costs thousands of dollars. Donations mean everything here.

Maybe get them on Jerry Springer / Jeremy Kyle, they have DNA test shows every week.

That makes me truly sad.

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