For the second consecutive year, GN-IP staff collaborated with an all-star team from Thomson Reuters for the annual Thomson Reuters Social Impact Hackathon. 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,…
Read MoreBidding Farewell to a GNIP legend, Legal Director Julie Jonas
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, tenure-track professor 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,…
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…
Read MoreDoes race matter in eyewitness identification?
Eyewitness testimony and identification can be some of the most persuasive pieces of evidence presented in court. They are used to help recreate events from the past for a jury and identify a possible suspect. It is understandably difficult for a jury to go against what someone close to a crime said they witnessed, especially…
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