Barry Scheck
Barry Scheck
Barry C. Scheckis an American lawyer. He received national media attention while serving on O.J. Simpson's defense team, helping to win an acquittal in the highly publicized murder case. Scheck is the director of the Innocence Project and a professor at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City...
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth19 September 1949
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I think we now have scientific proof that an innocent person was executed and we have a government agency that is obligated to say so.
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This should be a landmark case in the history of eyewitness reform. There are reforms police and prosecutors are using across the country that reduce error, protect the innocent and help apprehend the guilty.
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There's something wrong with the system. It's time to find out whether Texas executed an innocent man.
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The whole system has broken down. It's time to find out whether Texas has executed an innocent man.
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In so many instances, doing this DNA testing not only exonerates an innocent person but also helps identify the person who really committed the crime before that person goes out and commits more.
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There's two cases here. Willis can't be actually innocent and Willingham couldn't be executed based on the same scientific evidence.
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Texans deserve to have faith in the evidence used in their criminal justice system to investigate, prosecute, convict and acquit.
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There are other people in prison in the state of Texas...convicted of arson with the same kind of evidence in play.
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I don't know what went wrong. Because I look at this evidence and this is an inconceivable verdict to me.
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He didn't get the best possible results, but by no means the worst possible either. I think it's good, not great.
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Miss Woodward has always taken the course that would vindicate her and prove her innocent.
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My fear is that the debate over sequential blind will obscure everything, and you'll have police departments who are reluctant to change at all, or not adopt anything.
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is that it happened about three weeks ago -- prior to February 4.
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DNA has shown, whether it's the death penalty or not, there are flaws with eyewitness testimony, false confessions and crime labs. We know many more people have been wrongfully convicted than anyone thought.