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 Policy CornerVendettas of the Week

Pursuing Justice

Michael Zucker April 27, 2016

Rape is among the most difficult crimes to prosecute. This is because the American justice… References and Footnotes"What Is a Rape Kit?” RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Sept. 19, 2015. ↩ "Why Testing Matters," Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Soraya Chemaly, "How Many of the Hundreds of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in the US Are in Your City?" The Huffington Post, Sept. 19, 2014. ↩ "Where the Backlog Exists." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩"Why Testing Matters." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Snow, Kate, and Rich McHugh, "Why Haven't 70,000 Rape Kits Been Tested for DNA?" NBC News. July 20, 2015, accessed on  Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Josh Earnest, "FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence against Women," The White House, Mar. 16, 2015, accessed on Sept. 19, 2015. ↩

Policy CornerVendettas of the Week

Pursuing Justice

Michael Zucker October 7, 2015

Rape is among the most difficult crimes to prosecute. This is because the American justice… References and Footnotes"What Is a Rape Kit?” RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Sept. 19, 2015. ↩ "Why Testing Matters," Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Soraya Chemaly, "How Many of the Hundreds of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in the US Are in Your City?" The Huffington Post, Sept. 19, 2014. ↩ "Where the Backlog Exists." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩"Why Testing Matters." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Snow, Kate, and Rich McHugh, "Why Haven't 70,000 Rape Kits Been Tested for DNA?" NBC News. July 20, 2015, accessed on  Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Josh Earnest, "FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence against Women," The White House, Mar. 16, 2015, accessed on Sept. 19, 2015. ↩

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Lie-Witness Testimony

Christopher Law September 2, 2015

Today, over three hundred inmates have been released from prison after… References and Footnotes"Our Work," The Innocence Project, accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.innocenceproject.org/free-innocent. ↩Justin Rohrlich, "Why Are There Up to 120,000 Innocent People in US Prisons?” VICE News RSS, November 10, 2014, accessed September 1, 2015, https://news.vice.com/article/why-are-there-up-to-120000-innocent-people-in-us-prisons. ↩Phoebe Judge, "Jennifer Thompson," The Story, June 13, 2013, accessed August 30, 2015. ↩Marc Green, "Visual Expert Human Factors: Errors in Eyewitness Identification Procedures," accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/mistakenid.html. ↩Shoshana Guy, "Police Photo Lineups Challenged after Series of Wrongful Convictions,” NBC News, April 4, 2012, accessed August 30, 2015, http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/04/11014568-police-photo-lineups-challenged-after-series-of-wrongful-convictions. ↩Jonah Lehrer, "How To Improve Eyewitness Testimony," Wired.com, April 15, 2012, accessed August 30, 2015, http://www.wired.com/2012/04/how-to-improve-eyewitness-testimony ↩