NCRJ works for child-protective laws based on science, fairness, and good sense, and supports people who are falsely accused or convicted of crimes against children.
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Why We’re Here
In the name of child protection justice, community safety—and children themselves—are being gravely harmed.
Innocent Americans are wrongfully accused and imprisoned for sex crimes against children. Parents and guardians of children who die in accidents or fires are charged with homicide. In these cases, coerced testimony and junk forensic science sway judges, juries, and reporters, whose common sense is eclipsed by the mere suggestion of “harm to minors.”
Laws criminalizing consensual teen sex, minor sexual infractions, and a growing body of images labeled pornographic impose serious punishment on adults and minors who have done little or no harm.
Harsh post-incarceration restrictions prevent former sex offenders from reclaiming productive, law-abiding lives through work, family, education, worship, or civic engagement.
What We Do
NCRJ
- Educates lawyers, journalists, students, and the public about fear-mongering, junk science, and unfair criminal justice practices.
- Acts as a tax-deductible fiscal sponsor for community groups supporting the innocent
- Partners with Innocence Projects and other attorneys to overturn wrongful convictions
- Promotes laws, investigation, treatment, and penalties based on science and good sense—and seeks justice for both the innocent and the guilty
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Latest News
May 21, 2013New-Trial Motion Filed for Nancy Smith
The NCRJ has sponsored this case since February of 2004. We firmly believe that Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen are both innocent.
http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/05/21/nancy-smiths-attorneys-file-for-new-trial/
The court filings also contain an extensive …
May 20, 2013Prosecutorial Misconduct – What’s to be Done? A Call to Action
Let’s take politics OUT of the prosecutor’s office, and let’s provide some “hot stove rule” legislation to achieve prosecutorial accountability, including appropriate sanctions and discipline. Prosecutors are always politically …
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May 11, 2013Dorothy Rabinbowitz: The Trials of Father MacRae
“Here once more, in the MacRae case, was a set of charges built by a determined sex-abuse investigator and an atmosphere in which accusation was, in effect, all the proof …
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May 8, 2013Psych Experts Support Keller Appeal
“The continuing imprisonment of Fran and Danny Keller on the grounds that they were supposed Satanic conspirators who forced children to engage in evil sexualized rituals is an historical anomaly …
