I am really happy that I get to do something like XONR8 this year. For those of you who don't know, this project has us working with the California Innocence Project in a really cool way. We get actual current files of people who have sent in an application to the C.I.P. asking for them to help them be exonerated (saved from punishment brought on from wrongful conviction). We need to decide whether or not the C.I.P. takes our case file. It really is heavy when you think about it. Most of the case files are from people who are currently condemned to be in prison for either life or long enough so that when they come out whatever they had left outside is long gone. So it really puts pressure on you to think that if you mess up you are basically robbing somebody of their life. Well it wouldn't be all you're fault since the justice system would be the thing to blame but still, making the wrong choice could either set a criminal free or lock up an innocent person. I try to not look at this humanly, not sympathize with the appellant. I only need to know the facts. So far I feel that it's been going pretty well. We've been able to piece together quite a bit of information and evidence. But we're only just getting started, we still need to present to a panel of lawyers. So we need to work on our presentation amongst other things. I'm glad I have the chance to do this though. It really isn't many students at all who get to do something anything like this so I'm excited, maybe a bit worried, but excited.
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