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== Northern California Innocence Project == https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_California_Innocence_Project

The Northern California Innocence Project is a legal based organization in Santa Clara, California. The organization revisits previous convictions of individuals who are believed to be innocent of their crimes. The Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) is a non-profit clinical program of Santa Clara University School of Law who looks to promote a more fair, effective and compassionate criminal justice system. They also take compassion and attempt to protect the rights of all parties involved so that they too may have an adequate trial. The NCIP was started in 2001 by Kathleen “Cookie” Ridolfi and Linda Starr, during this time new legislation in California (CA Penal Code Section 1405) had permitted convicted inmates to seek DNA testing to prove their innocence. You can imagine all the individuals that are locked up in our Prison systems wrongfully in hopes to one day prove their wrongful conviction. Both women looked to rectify errors within the justice system and free the innocent people. The NCIP is not federally funded wither, in fact, they raise they own money to do their own tasks. Only starting in 2001, thousands and thousands of inmates have reached out to the innocence project in search of help with their cases. The NCIP has gained justice for 19 individuals who have combined spent over 230 years in the penitentiary. I plan to add more information to this article in regards to the prison history and tendencies within California. I also plan to look at the high rights aspects of this state and other and see if the NCIP has encouraged others to adopt a similar program.

Looking back on the human history of human rights, and even American history on human rights. Sometimes as a society, we neglect to acknowledge the unalienable rights that people are born with, with the NCIP being literally based on human rights. One doesn't realize that it is based off even the most simple document in United States History. The Bill of Rights, which is found in our constitution states the 6th amendment guarantees a citizen a speedy trial, a fair jury, an attorney if the accused person wants one, and the chance to confront the witnesses who are accusing the defendant of a crime, meaning he or she can see who is making accusations. The NCIP looks to grant people right and fair trials even with new information presented. I believe that is amazing because there are numerous amount of individuals who are sitting, well who are stuck in our prison systems with no way out for a crime they probably didn't even commit. America also has to recall that there were major prison sweeps in history that incarcerated a large amount of not only the US population but a massive population of the African American communities within the United States. There is extensive and valuable research everywhere to add to this document, based off their website and just basic US history, this article could benefit from having more information on the Wiki page. The NCIP is doing such a compelling job for our society, that is baffling that there isn't more information on this topic. I look forward to adding onto this Wikipedia document.

Sym.Jones32 (talk) 15:02, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review

Hi, I find your topic very intriguing yet overlooked. Since the justice system is so corrupt, many inmates, throughout different states, go through this. Due to very little information currently on this page, your information will be paramount in the development of the page. I wasn't quite able to understand exactly what you would be adding to this page because it was very vague (what specific current information?). I would suggest adding some of the first-hand accounts of current inmates going through such a situation to make your contribution and the page as a whole interesting and credible. I admired your use of citing other pages within your own page. That is something I took note of and I plan on using this same strategy in my own paper. I don't recall finding any grammatical errors which shows that you proofread before you posted to your sandbox. All-in-all, good luck with the rest of your contribution and I look forward to viewing your final product. Vonney25 (talk) 08:43, 9 November 2017 (UTC)