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I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.

My guest today is Mark Godsey, a former federal prosecutor who's currently a professor of law

at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Professor Godzzi is the co-founder and director

of the Ohio Innocence Project, which is one of the most active and successful Innocent projects in the country.

He's also the author of Blind Injustice. A former prosecutor exposes the psychology and

politics of wrongful conviction. Mark Godsey, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me on. You know, I thought a good place to start would be if you could tell us a little bit about

the Ohio Innocence Project, when it started, why you started it, and just generally what it does.

Yeah, so the Ohio Innocence Project is based at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

It's the only innocence project in the state of Ohio.

And really, the innocence movement started in the early 90s with the advent of DNA testing.

And the first one was in New York at Cardoza Law School.

And the goal is for law professors, law students to look into claims of people in prison who say,

look, I was wrongfully convicted.

I've been here for 20 years.

I didn't do this.

And reinvestigate the case, often, I was wrongfully convicted. I've been here for 20 years. I didn't do this.

And reinvestigate the case, often using DNA testing and new technologies. And the first one in New York was very successful. And they spread across the country in almost every state now has a project.

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