Lesson 4: Innocence Project
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
I can understand the role of the innocence project and their work to free innocent people based on forensic evidence.
What is the innocence project?
Who started the innocence project?
How long has the innocence project served inmates?
What is the role of science (DNA) in the innocence project?
Innocence project
B. Sheck and P. Neufield
DNA
Wrongfully incarcerated
New evidence
Exoneration
Stay
HS-ETS1--1 Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
HS-ETS1-3. Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
TBD
The purpose of this lesson is to learn about how historic forensic techniques were substandard and eyewitness testimony convicted the wrong persons. It also strengthens the role of the science we use today to solve crime.
DOK Level 3
https://innocenceproject.org/all-cases/
Inmates do not get a new trial based on "old" evidence. They are exonerated based on existing evidence but new technology to analyze evidence.
MPS Science Curriculum Differentiation Strategies
https://tinyurl.com/5n6c24k7
Culminating project on former inmate who was freed using existing evidence but analyzed using modern techniques.
innocenceproject.org
MBL rubrics
Technology