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TheNational Center for Reason and Justice is aUnited States national non-profit organization disseminating information to the public about claims of injustice in the current criminal justice system and facilitating financial and legal assistance for people the organization considers likely to have been falsely accused orwrongfully convicted.
According to the NCRJ, most of the individuals whose convictions were overturned have been convicted because of faulty eyewitness testimony, coerced confessions, or the acceptance ofjunk science in the courtroom.
Most NCRJ-sponsored cases involve accusations of sex offenses against children and adolescents, where the accusations are given wide media coverage.
NCRJ PresidentMichael Snedeker is a criminal-defense lawyer who has successfully handled the appeals ofritual abuse cases in California.[citation needed] He is author of theCalifornia State Prisoners Handbook and co-author withDebbie Nathan ofSatan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt.[1]
Noted NCRJ Directors and advisers include:Elizabeth Loftus, Debbie Nathan andJudith Levine.
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