Whois & Analysis for innocenceproject.org

The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal organization that is committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through the use of DNA testing and to reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld.

A miscarriage of justice primarily is the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit.

The term can also apply to errors in the other direction—"errors of impunity", and to civil cases.

Most criminal justice systems have some means to overturn, or "quash", a wrongful conviction, but this is often difficult to achieve.

In some instances a wrongful conviction is not overturned for several years, or until after the innocent person has been executed, released from custody, or has died.

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, allows the determination of bloodlines and the genetic diagnosis of vulnerabilities to inherited diseases.

In agriculture, a form of genetic testing known as progeny testing can be used to evaluate the quality of breeding stock.

In population ecology, genetic testing can be used to track genetic strengths and vulnerabilities of species populations.

Criminal justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts.

Those accused of crime have some protections against abuse of investigatory and prosecution powers.

Injustice is a quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes.

The term may be applied in reference to a particular event or situation, or to a larger status quo.

In Western philosophy and jurisprudence, injustice is very commonly, but not always, defined as either the absence or the opposite of justice.