dow to correct and prevent wrongful convictions in 
cases involving everything from home invasion to 
murder. 
(9) The Innocence Project has grown to become 
much more than the ‘‘court of last resort’’ for in-
mates who have exhausted their appeals and their 
mean; it has helped form the Innocence Network: a 
group of law schools, journalism schools, public de-
fender offices, and other independent entities across 
the country that assist inmates trying to prove their 
innocence whether or not the cases involve biological 
evidence which can be subjected to DNA testing. 
(10) Peter Neufeld authored the seminal work 
in criminal law, ‘‘The Near Irrelevance of Daubert 
to Criminal Justice and Some Suggestions for Re-
form’’ in the American Journal of Public Health 
(Vol. 95, No. S1 2005). 
(11) The Innocence Project has analyzed the 
wrongful convictions proven by DNA evidence in 
order to determine what causes them—across all 
criminal cases, not just those where DNA can prove 
innocence—and identify the reforms that can pre-
vent them while increasing the accuracy of the crimi-
nal justice system. The lead causes include eye-
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witness misidentification, problems with the analysis 
of forensic evidence, and false ‘‘confessions’’. 
(12) With local advocates and partners, the In-
nocence Project consults with legislators and law en-
forcement officials on the Federal, State, and local 
levels, conduct research and training, produce schol-
arship and propose a wide range of remedies to pre-
vent wrongful convictions while continuing to work 
to free innocent inmates through the use of post- 
conviction DNA testing. 
(13) In addition to serving as co-founders and 
co-directors of the Innocence Project, Barry C. 
Scheck and Peter Neufeld are Commissioners on the 
New York State Commission of Forensic Science. 
(14) Barry C. Scheck and Peter Neufeld, along 
with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jim Dwyer, 
are the authors of Actual Innocence: When Justice 
Goes Wrong and How to Make it Right. 
(15) Additionally, Barry C. Scheck served on 
the board of directors of the National Institute of 
Justice’s Commission on the Future of DNA Evi-
dence, is co-chair of the DNA Task Force of the Na-
tional Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and, 
in 1996, received that Association’s prestigious Rob-
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ert C. Heeney Award for his contributions to the As-
sociation. 
(16) Barry C. Scheck is a graduate of Yale 
University and University of California at Berkeley’s 
Boalt School of Law. 
(17) Barry C. Scheck, before joining the faculty 
of Cardozo Law School, worked for 3 years as a 
staff attorney at The Legal Aid Society in New York 
City. 
(18) Peter Neufeld is a graduate of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin and New York University’s School 
of Law. 
(19) Peter Neufeld, before joining Cardozo Law 
School, taught trial advocacy at Fordham University 
Law School and was a staff attorney with the Legal 
Aid Society of New York. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tem-
pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 
for the presentation, on behalf of the Congress, to Barry 
C. Scheck and to Peter Neufeld a gold medal of appro-
priate design in recognition of their outstanding service 
to the Nation and to justice as co-founders and co-direc-
tors of the Innocence Project. 
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(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the 
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike 2 gold medals with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medals struck under section 2 at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
The medals struck under this Act are national medals 
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS 
OF SALE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
hereby authorized to be charged against the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund an amount not to exceed 
$30,000 to pay for the cost of each medal authorized 
under section 2. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 
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deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
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