Introduction The innocence project was first initiated by the American criminal justice system which identified that approximately 70% of all eyewitness convictions were falsely attested to (Innocence Project). The innocence project has thereafter been undertaken in the States, Australia, Canada, and many European countries as a way of proving someone’s innocence through the use of DNA testing. The project is essentially aimed at reforming the criminal justice system so that innocent suspects are not convicted for a crime they never did. The project was initially instituted by Barry Sceck and Peter Neufeld in 1992 (New York) but stills retains strong links with Cardozo (Innocence Project). The Innocence project not only works for those who have been wrongly convicted but also undertakes research and gives advocacy services to the wrongful convictions and to those who have been convicted respectively (Schmidt 553). The innocence project is part of a wider network of innocence organizations all across America and other countries (discussed above) where it is practiced. As recent as August 2010, there have been up to 258 convicted people who have been exonerated from the project (Innocence Project). Most of the cases specially handled by this project include sexual offence cases and murder cases (which contribute approximately 25% of all exonerated cases) (Innocence Project 53). Most of all innocence programs have helped save innocent Americans from death row and in turn ignited bad sentiments towards the inclusion of death penalties in the justice system (Sillup 22). The success of the project has been documented with successful probes into convicted cases. Some of the cases include the successful exoneration of James Calvin Tillman, a wrongfully convicted suspect who had already served slightly less than 20 years for a sexual assault crime he didn’t commit. James Bain was also successfully exonerated after serving a 35 years jail term (the longest in the innocence project) in 2009 after being convicted on wrong accounts of kidnapping, burglary and rape (Innocence Project 33). Barry Gibbs was also awarded among the highest civil rights settlement by the state of New York for wrongfully being convicted of the murder of a Brooklyn prostitute in 1986. He received $9.9 million in 2010 and an additional $ 1.9 was paid in 2009 (Innocence Project). Gibbs had already served slightly close to 19 years and his initial sentencing was 20 years to life. Since the success rate of the Innocence project is still being witnessed to date, it should be further entrenched in the legal system; even in light of a rigid justice system. Drawing rational conclusions solely based on ideological views is a wrong thing and should change. Just like the principles if the innocence project, any new evidence should be considered before judgment is passed (Sillup 62). This alternative is undoubtedly unconscionable especially in light of previous wrongful convictions in most states. For instance, the Lindbergh kidnapping case had many people thinking Bruno Richard Hauptmann was involved in a money-laundering scheme and not in the original crimes charged (Sillup 40). Needless to say, the conviction was wrong. Hauptmann therefore wrongly di