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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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The Innocence Project is a founding member (along with...
- Restoring Freedom
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- Transforming Systems
Transforming Systems - Innocence Project
- Advancing the Movement
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- Coerced Pleas
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- Eyewitness Misidentification
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- Our Work
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 .
Since 1992, we have helped free or exonerate hundreds of wrongfully convicted people. The cases here are considered closed and reflective of Innocence Project’s exonerated clients only.
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.
In 2017, Time published a special edition commemorating the Innocence Project’s 25th anniversary. Early on, the Innocence Project was considered a fringe group fighting windmills. Now, they make TV shows and movies portraying our heroes fighting for justice.
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.