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Criminal

Nov. 9, 2004

Small Mistakes Can Add Up To a Wrongful Conviction

Column - By Philip Carrizosa - "Our criminal justice system has always been haunted by the specter of the innocent person convicted." So says the Web site of the Northern California Innocence Project. The project, operating as a law school clinical program at Santa Clara University and Golden Gate University, provides legal representation to wrongfully convicted prisoners.

        
Column

By Philip Carrizosa

        "Our criminal justice system has always been haunted by the specter of the innocent person convicted."
        So says the Web site of the Northern California Innocence Project. The project, operating as a law school clinical program at Santa Clara University ...

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