Individual Project

This profile on a wrongfully convicted and exonerated individual will include facts about the person, his/her life, facts about the crime, trial and appeals, information about why they were wrongfully convicted and what led to their release. Focus particularly on the psychological/legal factors known to contribute to wrongful conviction (see www.innocenceproject.org)

Information to Use:

• Links available on the course website
• Google
• Academic and legal databases
• The Scheck book
• Newspapers (or newspaper databases)
• ???

Oral Presentation:

You need to be prepared to have a brief oral presentation prepared (10 min) where you remind us of the details of “your guy” and the crime as well as highlight the factors (especially any psychological ones) that led to his/her incarceration. Then tell us how he or she got out, and anything you have found out about how the person is doing now.

Presentations will start on 12/5 during our regularly scheduled class time. They will continue Monday 12/12 5pm-8pm Honors Cottage.

Work Product:

Please provide some physical incarnation of the work you have put into this project. Suggested formats include:

• Research paper
• Well-organized binder
• Collage J
• Research poster