Jon Gould, a professor at George Mason University Law School and chair of the innocence Commission for Virginia, recently published a fascinating book on the creation and work of the Innocence Commission.  The book, called The Innocence Commission: Preventing Wrongful Convictions and Restoring the Criminal Justice System, received a rave review in last week's Legal Times newspaper.  Reviewer Steve Weinberg describes the book as a unique "combination of legal theory and details from real-life wrongful conviction cases" that has "spawned a number of new thoughts about wrongful convictions." To read the Legal Times review, click here.

The book also received a favorable write-up in the Law and Politics Book Review.  As described by author Priscilla H. M. Zotti, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy, the book "provides the reader with both the practical advice of creating and establishing reform as well as a very intersting discussion of errors and workable solutions to minimize them."  To read the entire review, click here.

The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project was a key participant in the Innocence Commission's work.   

To learn more about the ICVA and to read its report, you can visit its web site at www.icva.us.