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Ruffins, Paul – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
The first Innocence Project (IP) was founded in 1992 by attorneys Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The original goal was to free people whose innocence could be proven using DNA. So far, IPs have helped free nearly 300 men and women who had served an average of 13 years for crimes they…
Descriptors: Working Class, Crime, Economically Disadvantaged, Social Justice
Roach, Ronald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009
Emerging in recent years from the need for increased energy efficiency and conservation, greater reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and stepped-up action to clean the environment, green jobs have arisen as a distinct employment sector within the U.S. and around the world. While social and political activists have taken the lead to make sure…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Labor Force, Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment)