Bill Summary
Major Provisions of the Innocence Protection Act
Major Provisions of the Innocence Protection Act The Innocence Protection Act of 2000 is a comprehensive package of criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing the risk that innocent persons may be executed. Most urgently, the bill would: ensure that convicted offenders are afforded an opportunity to prove their innocence through DNA testing; help States to provide competent legal services at every stage of a death penalty prosecution; enable those who can prove their innocence to recover some measure of compensation for their unjust incarceration; and provide the public with more reliable and detailed information regarding the administration of the Nation’s…
