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DO NOT ANSWER IF INCORRECT. I WILL THUMBS DOWN IF IT IS INCORRECT.
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1. The Innocence Project, a loosely affiliated group that uses DNA to help incriminate individual, have successfully achieved the release of 349 individuals as of summer 2017.
2. Judges are like the umpire in an athletic contest. They apply the rules and interpret them. The rules are established in the Rules of Criminal Procedure and case law and there is little discretion in the interpretation of a rule.
3. Laws at the Margin are laws where strong opposing positions exist.
Explanation / Answer
1. Innocence project is independent non-governmental organization that aims at exonerating and helping the wrongly convicted individuals. This organization was found in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck. It uses DNA to help exonerate the innocent and have successfully achieved the release of 351 individuals by July 2017 which has raised to 358 currently.
Answer. False
2 . It is true that judges are like umpires in an athletic event , as they interpret rules and laws. While interpreting rules of laws established in the criminal procedure and case law, they assess the various reasons, objectives, and evidences, thus give a lot of discretion before the interpretation of a rule. Hence, this statement is false.
Answer. False.
3. Law of margins are those laws where there's difference in the social view and legal view, as both may have an opponent position or views. For example- Laws permits same sex marriages, but still they are yet to be widely accepted by the society. Similarly, law grants equality to all genders but still the male gender remains the privileged gender in the society. Which means gender difference still exists.
Answer. True
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