Peter Neufeld
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Peter Neufeld is an American lawyer and is most famous as a cofounder, with Barry Scheck, of the Innocence Project. With Scheck and Jim Dwyer he co-authored Actual Innocence; with Scheck and Taryn Simon he co-authored The Innocents.
In 1995 and 2000 he was appointed to serve on the New York State Commission on Forensic Science by then-Governor Mario Cuomo. A partner in the law firm Cohran Neufeld & Scheck, he has represented Abner Louima and others who claimed their civil rights were violated by the police or the government.
In May 2006, Earl Washington Jr., a client of Neufeld's, was awarded $2.25 million after suing the estate of a Virginia State Police investigator. The jury found that the investigator fabricated the confession that caused Washington to be sentenced to death for a 1982 rape and murder.
Education
B.A., 1972, University of WisconsinJ.D., 1975, New York University
External links
- [Interview] with PBS, December 4, 2002.
- Peter Neufeld. ["The (Near) Irrelevance of Daubert to Criminal Justice and Some Suggestions for Reform."] American Journal of Public Health, June 2005.
- [Earl Washington Case Shows Reforms to Death Penalty, Criminal Cases Needed, Neufeld Says]. An article based on a talk given by Neufeld at the University of Virginia law school.
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