They suggested establishing forensic fellowships between the law school and the medical school.
Part of their national book tour, the authors said, is to encourage other schools to take on a part of the "Innocence Project"--where law and journalism students investigate falsely accused people.
However, the single biggest change that needs to happen, they argued, was the creation of an "Innocence Commission" to study why innocent people were convicted. England and Canada already have similar groups.
"It's part of our social fabric to study when disasters happen," he told The Crimson before the panel. Every time a train derails, a plane crashes, or another disaster takes a life, someone investigates, he said.
"When an innocent person gets convicted, that's a disaster," he said.
But while the authors championed a series of criminal justice reforms, Seidman also said he worried that the efforts might alter the presumption of innocence to those who remain accused.
He said he worried that people might assume others to be guilty.
"Now that we know all these people are guilty, let's execute the bastards," he said.
Read more in News
Saturday Night Burglary in Currier House Alarms Quad ResidentsRecommended Articles
-
Excerpts From Address After BitburgHardly and country has in its history always remained free from blame for war or violence. The genocide of the
-
Opening the Death Row ExitToo many innocent Americans have found themselves on death row. In the last fourteen years, over 87 people--one for every
-
Protecting the InnocentToday, 3700 people sit on death row in America—a greater number than in any other year since the reinstatement of
-
Kid's StuffH ERMANN HESSE HAS in the past few years become the center of a cult, a following consisting mostly of
-
The TaxiViolette Leduc's death last month was not accompanied by any of the usual obsequies reserved for Literary Figures. Genet has
-
A Texas-Sized InjusticePerhaps the most disturbing thing about Perry’s behavior is how little he seems to care for evidence.
