Capstone Goals

Capstone Goals

The goal of my capstone project is to raise awareness of wrongful convictions. Unfortunately the judicial system makes mistakes,but it takes a society as a whole to combat this issue. This is important because it could happen to anyone at anytime. No one should have to serve time for a crime that they did not commit. My intended career field is law. I want to become a defense attorney, and my goal fits this career because i will be defending someone who is innocent of a crime. My end product would be to create a virtual round table where prosecutors, lawyers, judges, investigators, and the exonerated individual can come together to discuss what happened during the trail so that the same mistake won't happen again. I am aware that this will not completely solve the problem of wrongful convictions in the US, but it will bring awareness to our society. People should realize that just because investigators have found a suspect, does not necessarily mean that person is guilty. Since normal people are serving for jury duty, it is imperative that are aware of this problem and are knowledgeable about some of the factors that can lead to wrongful convictions.