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Support our work to strengthen and advance the innocence movement. We work to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone.
- Our Work
The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent...
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07.01.24 by Innocence Project Staff. Roberson would be first...
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Founded in 1992 by visionary attorneys Peter Neufeld and...
- Restoring Freedom
Since the introduction of DNA testing in the 1980s, we have...
- Transforming Systems
Transforming Systems - Innocence Project
- Advancing the Movement
We are the headquarters of the Innocence Network, a...
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Coerced Pleas - Innocence Project
- Eyewitness Misidentification
Eyewitness Misidentification - Innocence Project
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The Innocence Project is the headquarters of the Innocence Network, a group of nearly 70 independent innocence organizations worldwide. One such example exists in the Republic of Ireland where in 2009 a project was set up at Griffith College Dublin .
Founded in 1992 by visionary attorneys Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck, the Innocence Project has been at the forefront of criminal justice reform, using DNA and other scientific advancements to prove wrongful conviction. Innocence Project clients collectively spent more than 3,700 years wrongfully incarcerated.
The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. Our work is guided by science and grounded in anti-racism.
The Innocence Project is a nonprofit organization that uses DNA testing and other methods to free the wrongfully convicted and reform the criminal legal system. Explore the history of the Innocence Project from its founding in 1992 to its achievements in 2021, including exonerations, litigation, and advocacy.
In 1992, they started the Innocence Project as a legal clinic at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The idea was simple: If DNA technology could prove people guilty of crimes, it could also prove that people who had been wrongfully convicted were innocent.
Careful examination of the hundreds of exonerations has identified disturbing trends that contribute to wrongful convictions–misapplication of forensic science, eyewitness misidentification, police-induced false confessions, government misconduct and inadequate defense.
