Proyecto ACCESO

Proyecto ACCESO is promoting the rule of law throughout the Americas.

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The Innocence Project comes to Chile

On March 3, 2004 Temuco was the scene for a presentation on DNA evidence in criminal procedure by New York lawyer and Innocence Project director Dr. Peter Neufeld.

The presentation, attended by dozens of public defenders, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, judges, and local lawyers, was coordinated by regional public defender and ACCESO Chile’s own Claudio Pavlic. Held at the Salon Edelweiss at the Hotel Bayern, the seminar was met with much enthusiasm as Dr. Neufield explained the successes the Innocence Projects have had in freeing the wrongfully convicted across the United States. The seminar was also covered in the media and appeared in local newspapers, radio and on television.

Judge Laura Safer Espinoza of the Supreme Court of New York, and a member of Proyecto ACCESO’s Executive Committee heard from her old friend, Dr. Neufeld, that he was visiting Chile and a plan for a conference quickly sprung into action. "We are so pleased to have Dr. Neufeld here," explained Superdefensor Claudio Pavlic, "Chilean lawyers could really develop an expertise in utilizing DNA evidence in the future."

California Innocence Project director Justin Brooks, from California Western School of Law, will be coming to Chile in late July and early August 2004 to continue the dialogue in order to create an Innocensce Project in Chile in conjunction with Proyecto ACCESO.

Professor Brooks will be participating in the post-graduate certificate program in which California Western School of Law is participating with GTZ, the Heidelberg Center of Latin America and the Universidad de Chile.

Keep watching this website to learn about Professor Brooks’ seminars that will be taking place in Santiago and Temuco in late July 2004.