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Article: ASSEMBLYMAN GIANARIS, INNOCENCE PROJECT AND VICTIMS OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS CALL FOR PASSAGE OF INNOCENCE COMMISSION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 15, 2006
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Assemblyman Michael Gianaris, D-Astoria (36th District), issued the following press release:
In light of the recent exonerations of several New Yorkers convicted of crimes they did not commit, Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) was joined by leaders of the Innocence Project and three recent victims of wrongful convictions to call for the passage of his legislation (A.4084) that would establish an Innocence Commission to investigate wrongful convictions in New York State.
"One innocent person spending years in prison for crimes he did not commit is one too many," said Assemblyman Gianaris. "Unfortunately, recent history proves that the problem is more widespread than anyone would like ...