In "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau basically says that humans should follow their conscience if the law is subjecting them to endanger their rights. Thoreau's ideas have transferred over to todays society. The Innocent Project is a fairly recent movement. People are convicted of breaking the law, and are sentenced to years in jail for doing things it turns out they never did. With the advancement in technology, people are finding ways to better connect DNA to crimes across the world. There have been many recent discoveries of convictions, decades ago that are finally being proved wrong. These convictions have caused man upsets in families and communities around the US mainly. The government and justice system has failed victims of wrong convictions. This shows how innocent people lives are put at risk and ruined. Many workers in the Innocent Project are people who were wrongly convicted but were not informed they were wrongly convicted until after their sentence. This example shows how people will follow their conscience even though it goes against the government. This organization works for fairness and a better justice system in the US.
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