WRONGFUL CONVICTION.
Innocence Project
Litigates to free wrongly convicted people, mostly through DNA evidence, and works to change the practices that convict them.
What they do
The Innocence Project takes on post-conviction cases to free people who were wrongly convicted, primarily using DNA and other scientific evidence, and files briefs on the causes of wrongful conviction. Its policy work targets eyewitness identification, false confessions, forensic science, informants and official misconduct. It accepts case applications through an online portal, runs a clinic at NYU School of Law, and supports the wider network of innocence organizations. Founded in 1992 by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld.
Programs and services
- Post-conviction case representation
- Case application portal
- Amicus briefs
- Public policy and reform
- Innocence Network support
- Speakers Bureau
- Exonerations case database
Has helped free more than 250 innocent people who together spent more than 3,700 years wrongfully incarcerated. Source