American attorney and law professor who co-founded the Innocence Project in 1992 with Barry Scheck at Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law, building a legal clinic that uses DNA testing to exonerate the wrongfully convicted.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountBrooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. 1 Defining ContributionCo-founded the Innocence Project, using DNA testing to secure over 200 exonerations of the wrongfully convicted. 2 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountActual Innocence: Five Days to Execution, And Other Dispatches From the Wrongly Convicted (2000, with Barry Scheck and Jim Dwyer) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
Institutions Founded
Neufeld co-founded the Innocence Project in 1992 with Barry Scheck at Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law.
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1. Wikipedia: Peter Neufeld
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July 17, 1950
1. Wikipedia: Peter Neufeld
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Neufeld was born in Brooklyn, New York City
1. Wikipedia: Peter Neufeld
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Scheck, Neufeld & J. Dwyer, Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution, And Other Dispatches From the Wrongly Convicted, Doubleday, February 2000
2. Innocence Project: About
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Founded in 1992 by visionary attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, the Innocence Project has been at the forefront of criminal justice reform.
2. Innocence Project: About
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