1. Selby, Daniele. “DNA and Wrongful Conviction: Five Facts You Should Know.” Innocence Project, 2 May 2023 https://innocenceproject.org/news/dna-and-wrongful-conviction-five-facts-you-should-know/#:~:text=The%20emergence%20of%20DNA%20technology,exonerate%20hundreds%20of%20innocent%20people.

Background: this article explores the emergence of DNA technology and its revolutionary role in the exoneration of innocent individuals.it presents its five key facts that shed light on how DNA technology has been instrumental in freeing these people. 

Usage: This article will help me better under what new technology was made to help identity DNA and use that to help free people. Within this article I found many recourse and quote that can help me get a better understanding of the technology.

2. “DNA’s Revolutionary Role in Freeing the Innocent.” Innocence Project, 30 May 2023, innocenceproject.org/news/dnas-revolutionary-role-in-freeing-the-innocent/.

Background: This article delves into how DNA played a revolutionary role in freeing wrongfully convicted individuals. This article discusses the unique techniques and how unique DNA is. The concept of DNA is a fingerprint, their widespread use in criminal cases worldwide due to its proven effectiveness.

Usage: This article help me get a better understanding of DNA and what it really is and how they are using it. It talks about how all DNA is different and how there are DNA fingerprints and these are now used around the world in most or if not all criminal cases because of how good these test are proven to work.

3. “Harmful Surveillance and Investigative Technologies.” Innocence Project, 1 May 2023, innocenceproject.org/harmful-surveillance-and-investigative-technologies/

Background:. This article addresses Advancements, including surveillance systems, and facial recognization, had changed over the years. How these advancements have become more useful and more effective, and also changed the landscape of investigations. It also discusses the potential harms that are associated with technology advancements.

Usage: This article helps me understand how technology has changed and how with this new advanced technology has changed the world. There are cameras everywhere and with surveillance system and facedly recension helps with these case and help prove people wrong

4. “Misapplication of Forensic Science.” Innocence Project, 5 June 2023, innocenceproject.org/misapplication-of-forensic-science

Background: this article focuses on forensic sciences that have been applied, leading to wrongful convictions. And discusses how important science is, and how we have to strengthen the field of forensic science.

Usage: This article talks about how most of these people that were convicted was because of misused forensic science. This program has only help strength the forensic science and made it better. This article as help with the different ways they gather and the test they put the evidence though.

5. “Explore the Numbers: Innocence Project’s Impact.” Innocence Project, 5 July 2023, innocenceproject.org/exonerations-data/.

Background: this article focuses and provides the new miracle insight on how many people have actually been wrongfully convicted that they have freed. This includes the number of individuals freed from their own involvement, and also the number of individuals that was freed that were on death row cases. This article talks about, the people they freed and how they also know there are many more people that they haven’t been able to free that were also wrongfully convicted

Usage: This article shows me the innocence projects numbers and there rating how many people they freed and how many people were on death row and more. This article will help me see how well this program was doing before technology was introduce and what it did for them and how big of an impact it had on the innocence project.

6. The Innocence project. “Transforming Systems.” Innocence Project, 2 Nov. 2023, https://innocenceproject.org/transforming-systems/

Background: this article talks about how the innocence project has transformed the system and is making major changes throughout the criminal justice system and how they are also pushing for reform

Usage: how are use this is this article helped me get a better understanding of what changes were going on and how persistent they were within making these changes and how they are also transforming the legal system step-by-step each person is helping them make a better and more just legal

7. The innocence project. “Restoring Freedom.” Innocence Project, 25 Oct. 2023, innocenceproject.org/restoring-freedom/. 

Background: this article talks about bringing back these wrong. We convicted peoples freedom and how they restore their freedom and do as much as they can.

Usage: are used this article in my research. Was it giving me an understanding of what the innocence project does after they free these people are restoring freedom

8. The innocence Project. “By the Numbers.” Innocence Project, 23 Oct. 2023, innocenceproject.org/exonerations-data/#:~:text=The%20Innocence%20Project%20fights%20to,contributed%20to%20their%20wrongful%20convictions. 

Background: this article by the innocence project gave me a better understanding of the actual numbers of these individuals that they freed. It also helps me get a better understanding of how many people are Wrongfully convicted.

Usage: how I used this article was to get an understanding of how effective the innocence project is. It also helped me get a better understanding of how many people or in the system that really shouldn’t be based off of false allegations.

9. The Innocence Project. “DNA Exonerations in the United States (1989 – 2020).” Innocence Project, 22 June 2023, innocenceproject.org/dna-exonerations-in-the-united-states/. 

Background: this article talks about the exoneration process in the United States, and it also talks about how DNA use to free these individuals. This article talks about some cases and how they are prosecuted.

Usage: I use this article is more of a information source to get a understanding of how the United States deals with these cases, and how many are actually in the United States. It talks about how DNA is a key factor in this exoneration process.

10. The Innocence Project. “Cases.” Innocence Project, 3 July 2023, innocenceproject.org/all-cases/. 

Background: this article talks about a lot of cases that the innocences project has dealt with. These cases or not just legal cases, but also a background and story about how these people were convicted and how they were freed.

Usage: how are use this article gave me an understanding of a wide variety of cases to go through and see how similar these cases are and what was one of the reasons they were convicted in the first place. Somewhere because of miss used evidence others were eyewitness statements That were not true.

11. By Innocence Staff. “A Year of Legislative Achievements in Criminal Legal Reform.” Innocence Project, 4 May 2023, innocenceproject.org/a-year-of-legislative-achievements-in-criminal-legal-reform/. 

Background: this article talks about the achievements that the innocence project has done throughout the years in legislation, and in the criminal legal system. The innocence project has made major reforms throughout both of these systems, and strive to keep making these reforms until the justice system is fair and just.

Usage: I use this article throughout my research, and it helped me understand all the achievements and goals that the innocence project strives for and how major of an impact they really have made on the criminal justice system and legal system in general.

12. Seal, Ben. “With the Innocence Project, Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck Became the Men behind a Movement.” The American Lawyer, 23 Nov. 2021, http://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2021/11/23/with-the-innocence-project-peter-neufeld-and-barry-scheck-became-the-men-behind-a-movement/?slreturn=20231111013636. 

Background: this article talks about the founders of the innocence project and what really made them want to do this. It talks about the two men that created this and their background and why they are doing what they’re doing.

Usage: article to my knowledge on the innocence project, and also to understand why this foundation was founded and how it actively became stronger and more powerful throughout the more people they exonerated.