This month, we bid farewell to the Great North Innocence Project's trailblazing, inspiring, and longtime legal director, Julie Jonas as she begins her new role as a full time, tenured professorship at the St. Thomas University School of Law. While we will greatly miss Julie and her legal expertise, passion for innocence work, and institutional knowledge, we are thrilled that she is able to take this important step in her career.
Read moreThomson Reuter's Partnership Levels Up GN-IP's Communications Strategy
For the second consecutive year, GN-IP staff collaborated with an all-star team from Thomson Reuters for the annual IMPACTathon. This initiative offers an opportunity for Thomson Reuters employees from around the world to leverage their skills to contribute to the communities in which they live and work in pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency.
Read moreLaw Students with Passion for Criminal Law and Advancing Justice Join GN-IP this Summer
This summer, two law students are joining GN-IP as law clerks to support the legal team’s work screening and investigating potential cases of innocence. Myranda Sandberg will be starting her 3L at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in the fall and graduating with her law degree in December. Madison Wadsworth is a rising 3L law student at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Read moreDoes race matter in eyewitness identification?
One factor that can lead to eyewitness misidentification is the cross-race effect, or the phenomenon wherein people are generally worse at remembering the faces of people of a race other than their own. But why and how does this happen?
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