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‘The criminal justice system does not always get it right,’ Ohio chief justice says Santos Chaparro/ASSOCIATED PRESS Wooden gavel and stand (ca. 1920s) used by the Associated Press Board of Directors at their meetings throughout the 20th century. (AP Photo/Corporate Archives/Santos Chaparro) By: Laura A. Bischoff | Journal-News Posted at 6:48 AM, Apr 18, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-18 06:48:43-04 COLUMBUS, Ohio — A team of legal experts is studying ways Ohio’s criminal justice system could be reformed so that wrongful convictions are caught and corrected earlier. The fight to overturn a wrongful conviction can take decades and enormous resources under the current system. The Ohio Innocence Project, based at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, has worked to free 32 innocent people since 2003 — collectively they served roughly 600 years behind bars.

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