Lawyers, judges and scholars who work on wrongful convictions, sentencing and capital punishment, including the founders of the Innocence Project, a judge who argued against unstructured sentencing, an advocate for sentencing reform and a law professor who studies execution methods. A person belongs here when the cited source describes work on innocence, sentencing reform or defense of prisoners. Entries placed here are Bryan Stevenson, Peter J. Neufeld, Barry C. Scheck, Marc Mauer, Marvin E. Frankel and Deborah Denno.
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Innocence Project: About
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Founded in 1992 by visionary attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, the Innocence Project has been at the forefront of criminal justice reform.
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Founded in 1992 by visionary attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, the Innocence Project has been at the forefront of criminal justice reform.
View the SourceWikipedia: Marvin E. Frankel
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Marvin Earle Frankel (July 26, 1920, March 3, 2002) was an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Wikipedia: Marc Mauer
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Marc Mauer was the executive director of the Sentencing Project, a group that advocates for criminal justice reform and addressing racial disparities in the United States criminal-justice system.
Deborah Denno (Wikipedia)
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Deborah West Denno (born June 6, 1952) is an American legal scholar and criminologist who studies the intersection of biology, neuroscience, and criminal law.
Wikipedia: Bryan Stevenson
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Bryan Allen Stevenson (born November 14, 1959) is an American lawyer, social justice activist, and law professor at New York University School of Law.
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