Scientist Madhu Kumar's research on ctDNA has developed into invaluable cancer screening technologies in recent years. Alongside his scientific research, Madhu Kumar volunteers his time with the New England Innocence Project.
The New England Innocence Project is a network of attorneys and other legal professionals who work to exonerate people who have wrongly been convicted of a crime. They take pro bono cases in six New England states and help individuals with strong cases regain their freedom.
A large portion of the organization's work deals with DNA evidence, a rapidly growing technology. DNA testing has only been available since the mid-1980s, and has improved dramatically since then. Modern science can identify people by tiny traces of biological material.
The New England Innocence Project helps wrongly convicted individuals get DNA testing that sometimes exonerates them. Some of the people they work with have been in prison for a decade or more, meaning that these technologies were unavailable at the time of their conviction. By applying new technology to old cases, the New England Innocence Project has helped dozens of innocent people walk out of prison.
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