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         Professional Responsibility by State:
 
 
Knowing the Rules of Professional Responsibility can assist in reducing the  wrongful prosecutions that convict individuals for crimes they didn't commit
while leaving free those who are guilty.  Since wrongful convictions can rarely occur without the misconduct of certain police, prosecutors, expert witnesses, or judges, it is imperative that the accused be aware of the rules that govern attorney and judicial conduct.  The rules, by a variety of similar names, are typically referred to as Rules of Professional Conduct.
 
Each state has its own rules of professional ethics as they pertain to the conduct of the legal community.  Those rules of ethics govern the manner in which attorneys, prosecutors and judges are to conduct themselves in and outside the courtroom.  With the exception of California, Rules of Professional Conduct of each state are based on the Model Code of Professional Conduct adopted by the American Bar Association (ABA) and may vary in name from state to state. Since each state enacts its own rules through it's highest court, reference to that state's rules should be reviewed in any specific instance.
 
The following links are to the ABA's Model Rules and each state's Rules of Professional Conduct.  The links are provided by the Cornell University Law School Legal Ethics Library.
 
 
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National Association of Defence Attorneys (NACDL)
1660 L St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington, DC 20036
(202) 872-8600 • Fax (202) 872-8690 • assist@nacdl.org
 
 
"In too many states, judicial elections are becoming political prizefights where partisans and special interests seek to install judges who will answer to them instead of the law and the Constitution."
                                                                    --Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
 
Sources for assistance with wrongful prosecutions:
 
 
ALASKA
Alaska Innocence Project
907.279.0454
 
ALABAMA
Equal Justice Initiative
334.269.1803
 
ARIZONA
Arizona Attorneys Criminal Justice Project
480.812.1700
 
Justice Project
480.727.0009
 
Northern Arizona Justice Project
928-523-7028
 
ARKANSAS
Innocence Project Arkansas
479.575.5601
 
CALIFORNIA
California Innocence Project
619.525.7092
 
Northern California Innocence Project
408.554.4767
 
COLORADO
Colorado Law Wrongful Convictions Clinic
303.492.8047
 
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Innocence Project
860.275.6140
 
DELAWARE
Office of the Public Defender
302.739.4476
 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Mid Atlantic Innocence Project
202.895.4519
 
FLORIDA
Florida Innocence Project
954.262.6100
 
Innocence Project of Florida
850.561.6767
 
GEORGIA
Georgia Innocence Project
404-373-4433
 
HAWAII
Hawaii Innocence Project
619.525.7092
 
IDAHO
Idaho Innocence Project
208-426-4207
 
ILLINOIS
Center on Wrongful Convictions
312.503.2391
convictions
 
Downstate Innocence Project
217.206.6569
 
Medill Innocence Project
847.467.1882
journalism/undergrad/page.aspx?id=59507
 
INDIANA
Center on Wrongful Convictions
312.503.2391
wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/inIndex
 
IOWA
Innocence Project of Iowa
Estherville, IA
 
Iowa Nebraska Innocence Project
Omaha NE
 
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Innocence Project
502.564.8006
 
LOUISIANNA
Innocence Project New Orleans
504.943.1902
 
MAINE
New England Innocence Project
coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org
 
MARYLAND
Mid-Atlanta Innocence Project
202-895-4519
 
MASSACHUSETTS
New England Innocence Project
coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org
 
MICHIGAN
Cooley Innocence Project
517.371.5140
 
Michigan Innocence Clinic
734.763.9353
clinical/Pages/InnocenceClinic.aspx
 
MINNESOTA
The Innocence Project of Minnesota
651.523.3152
 
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Innocence Project
662.915.5207
 
The Mississippi Justice Project
870.892.1570
 
MISSOURI
Midwestern Innocence Project
816-221-2166
 
Mo School of Journalism Innocence Project
573.882.2121
2008/02-07-innocence-project.html
 
NEBRASKA
Iowa Nebraska Innocence Project
Omaha NE
 
also see
Rocky Mountain Innocence Project (Utah)
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New England Innocence Project
coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org
 
NEW JERSEY
Centurian Ministries
609.921.0334
 
NEW MEXICO
505.277.2146
 
NEW YORK
Barbara C Salken Criminal Justice Center
914.422.4253
 
Exoneration Initiative
212.965.9335
 
Innocence Project
212.364.5346
 
Second Look Program
718.780.7906
www.brooklaw.edu/academic/clinics/news
_2ndlookclinic.php
 
NORTH CAROLINA
N Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
919.489.3268
 
OHIO
Ohio Innocence Project
513.556.6805
 
Pierce Law Innocence Project
603.228.1541
 
OKLAHOMA
Midwestern Innocence Project
816-221-2166
 
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
405.801.2601
 
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania Innocence Project
215.204.4255
 
SOUTH CAROLINA
Palmetto Innocence Project
803.779.0005 
 
RHODE ISLAND
New England Innocence Project
coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org
 
SOUTH DAKOTA
Innocence Project of South Dakota
651.523.3152
 
TEXAS
Innocence Project of Texas
806.744.6525
 
Utah
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
202.872.8600
Updates/RockyMt.InnocenceUT?
 
VERMONT
New England Innocence Project
coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org
 
WASHINGTON
Innocence Project Northwest
206.543.4550
 
CANADA
UBC Law Innocence Project
604-827-3585
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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       JUDICIAL INFLUENCE
            Our liberty at stake
 
 Growing Influence of Business Groups
and Special Interests in State Supreme Court Elections.
 
Special interest pressure is growing and threatening the fairness and impartiality of America’s courts, according to a major new report from the Justice at Stake Campaign and its partners, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the National Institute for Money in State Politics. At the same time, a new survey conducted by Zogby International for the Committee for Economic Development shows that four out of five business leaders worry that campaign contributions have a major influence on decisions rendered by judges.The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2006 found that television advertising has become a major weapon for groups battling over state high courts—average television spending hit a record $1.6 million per state—with pro-business groups accounting for 90 percent of all independent spending on TV ads in high court races.State Supreme Court elections attracted record sums from business interests, a reflection of the importance of state courts in setting corporate damage payments. Campaign finance analysis shows that business gave $2 for every $1 donated by lawyers directly to candidates.Median fund raising by candidates for state high courts also hit a record high of $243,910. In other words, getting to the bench has never been so expensive for so many. Five states set aggregate candidate fund raising records for high court campaigns (AL, KY, GA, OR, WA).
 
This article originally appeared in The Joyce Foundation web-site at joycefdn.org
 
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