The Hangout with David Sciarretta Professor Justin Brooks, Director and Co-founder of the California Innocence Project
Professor Justin Brooks founded the California Innocence Project in 1999. Under his direction, the project has exonerated a dozen innocent people, trained hundreds of law students, and helped change multiple laws in California related to wrongful convictions. He has also worked extensively in Latin America.
He is the Founder and Director of Cal Western’s Latin American Institute of Law and Justice, which is dedicated to training lawyers in Latin America and improving justice systems. Professor Brooks has published extensively on criminal justice issues and is the author of the only legal case book dedicated to the topic of wrongful convictions. Academy Award-nominated actor Greg Kinnear portrays Professor Brooks in the movie Brian Banks. Professor Brooks is also the author of a recently released book, "You Might Go to Prison," and discusses the genesis of the book in this episode.
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Learn more about the California Innocence Project here.
Purchase Justin Brooks’ book You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You’re Innocent here.
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