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Exoneration: Crime and Group Option
Content 1. Questions paper 3 2. Exoneration 4 3. Case(1): Dwayne Allen Dail 5 4. Case(1): Group option 6 5. Case(2): Herman Atkins 7 6. Case(2): Life after exoneration & Group option 8 7. Conclusion 9 8. Reference 10

EXONERATION

* Exoneration is an action in which someone is cleared of guilt. * It is also possible to receive exoneration for other types of crimes, and the term may be used in other legal senses. * Most legal systems are designed so that the people responsible for crimes can be identified and punished. * Exoneration can play an important role in the legal system, by providing an avenue to allow innocent people to be discharged of guilty verdicts. * The goal is to make sure that the actual criminal is convicted and someone is not wrongfully imprisoned. * DNA exoneration is a tool utilized by many members of the legal community. * Organizations which work to exonerate people who are believed to be innocent may also have advocacy branches which work with people who are reintegrating into society after exoneration.

CASE 1: DWAYNE ALLEN DAIL
AGE AT ARREST: 19
YEAR OF CONVICTION: 1989
SENTENCE SERVED: 18 YEARS

BACKGROUND:
On Friday, May 13, 1988,
A man had crawled through


References: The Innocence Project (2004) DWAYNE ALLEN DAIL. Available: http://www.innocenceproject.org/fix/947/slides/dail/index.php?name=dail. Last accessed 16 JUNE 2012. S.E. Smith. (2003). EXONERATION. Available: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-exoneration.htm. Last accessed 16 MAY 2012. The Innocence Project (2004) HERMAN ATKINS.[online]Available at:http://www.innocenceproject.org/fix/947/slides/atkins/index.php?name=atkins[Accessed:16.5.2012]
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