Resources

Understanding the Causes of Wrongful Convictions

• Eyewitness Misidentification
• Official Misconduct
• False Confessions
• Ineffective Defense Attorneys
• Forensic Science Misconduct
• Junk Science
• Jailhouse Snitches

 NAS Forensic Science Report CLE Materials

 Links to National Innocence Organizations

• The Innocence Project at the Cardozo School of Law was the original innocence project.
  • 250 Exonerated is the Project's report on the first 250 DNA exonerations in the United States.
• The Innocence Network is an affiliation of innocence organizations from around the country.

 Iowa Legal and Corrections Resources

• The Iowa Code
• Iowa Judicial Branch
• Iowa Court Records Online
• Iowa Department of Corrections
• Iowa Board of Parole
• Iowa State Bar Association
• State Public Defender's Office

 Cooperating Institutions

• Iowa Lakes Community College Paralegal Program 
• Buena Vista University Criminology/Criminal Justice Program
• Drake University Law School Legislative Practice Center
• University of Iowa College of Law
• University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication