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Sunday, February 20, 2005 |
Guardian: "The US government was today accused of hiding behind a 'culture of denial' over the deaths of at least 12 journalists who are alleged to have perished at the hands of the US military in Iraq.
Re-igniting the debate that US soldiers deliberately 'targeted' journalists during the Iraqi occupation, a press freedom body called on the US to take 'responsibility' for its actions in the country."
1:52:17 PM 
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InnocenceProject: "The American criminal justice system fails sometimes. One price of these failures is the loss of life and livelihood for those unfortunate enough to be wrongfully convicted. The cases of those exonerated by DNA testing have revealed disturbing fissures and trends in our criminal justice system. Some claim that the eventual exoneration of innocents proves that the system works. If that were true, then justice is not being administered by our police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, or our courts. It is being dispensed by law students, journalism students, and a few concerned lawyers, organizations, and citizens."
The Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University is a non-profit legal clinic and criminal justice resource center that works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted through postconviction DNA testing; and develop and implement reforms to prevent wrongful convictions.
Already 157 wrongfully convicted people have been exonerated.
And did Bush not make a pledge in his State of the Union? "Because one of the main sources of our national unity is our belief in equal justice, we need to make sure Americans of all races and backgrounds have confidence in the system that provides justice. In America we must make doubly sure no person is held to account for a crime he or she did not commit, so we are dramatically expanding the use of DNA evidence to prevent wrongful conviction."
So, George, here is your chance.
1:48:06 PM
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© Copyright 2005 Hetty Litjens.
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