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I concur. The Innocence Project and the CIFS are terrific organization. They are actively and effectively addressing flaws in a system that too often proves unjust to innocent citizens. They deserve all support and funding possible.

Until I was facing justice myself [1], I wrongly believed wrongful convictions were an extreme rarity. I actually discovered that innocent individuals are imprisoned every day, partly due to unreliable pseudo-scientific forensic methods [2]. I'm totally perplexed by society's apparent acceptance (or ignorance) of notable error rates in criminal convictions [3]. Why isn't it a major national cause already?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37650402

[2] https://innocenceproject.org/exonerations-data/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio



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