Tocsin Magazine is a dedicated advocate of social justice issues that impact communities of color daily. Our goal is to evaluate, expose, and eliminate laws, policies, and procedures that keep many people in poverty.
Currently, our publication receives hundreds of letters from inmates across the country requesting various services. We are also working with organizations like Take It Down Planning Committee; Faith Community Alliance Coalition, UCLM, RABJ(Rochester Association of Black Journalists), and Congress of Black Leadership in the Rochester, NY area.
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JUSTICE FOR ALL, NOT JUST FOR SOME
What is the Innocence Project? How did it get started?
Founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, the Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
What is the Innocence Project's relationship with the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law?
The Innocence Project was founded at Cardozo School of Law and housed there until becoming an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 2004. The Innocence Project is still affiliated with Cardozo School of Law. Each year law students from the school participate in Innocence Clinic, providing critical help in our efforts to exonerate the wrongly convicted.
How many innocent people are there in prison?
We will never know for sure, but the few studies that have been done estimate that between 2.3% and 5% of all prisoners in the U.S. are innocent (for context, if just 1% of all prisoners are innocent, that would mean that more than 20,000 innocent people are in prison).
STORIES FROM INMATES
Here at Tocsin Magazine, we highlight the work, stories, and voices of different inmates. Their stories teach us valuable lessons and challenges us on the current structure of the criminal justice system. Please read the stories below!