There has been a lot of action in the media related to the prospect of an Actual Innocence Commission in Florida that would study the cases of known wrongful convictions and make recommendations for policy reforms that would help prevent wrongful convictions in the future.  As you may recall, the budget with the appropriation for the Innocence Commission is sitting on Gov. Crist’s desk.  Well, he is getting some advice from Florida’s major newspapers:

• Florida Needs an Innocence Commission (St. Pete Times)
• Lawmakers Want Commission to Prevent Wrongful Convictions (Central Florida News 13) (With Video Here)
• Innocence Now (Tallahassee Democrat)
• Getting to the Bottom of Justice System Failures (OpEd in St. Pete Times by former IPF student Chelsea Enright)

Again, we will just wait and see what the Governor does but the pressure is clearly on for the creation of the Commission.

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4. Innocence Commission is Cooking with Gas As you can see from our Press Release below, IPF’s efforts to create an Actual Innocence Commission in Florida have...
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