311 N. Aberdeen St.
Third Floor, Suite E
Chicago, IL 60607
- All cases of actual innocence nationwide
- cases with any sentence length, including cases where the defendant has serves their complete sentence
Regional Jurisdiction
- Nationwide (U.S.)
40 Worth St., Suite 701
New York, NY 10013
- Cases of actual innocence
- Currently not reviewing cases from: Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Puerto Rico
- DNA cases only
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Nationwide (U.S.)
Center on Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern Pritzker
School of Law
375 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-3069
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Nationwide (U.S.)
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Exonerees that were on death row only
- Post-release financial and social support for both DNA and Non-DNA Cases
Jurisdiction
- Nationwide (U.S.)
After Innocence
5230 Boyd Ave.
Oakland, CA, 94618
Post-exoneree legal and social support for both DNA and non-DNA cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Nationwide (U.S.)
P.O. Box 201656
Anchorage, AK 99520
Cases Accepted:
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Child Abuse Cases
- Clients must have two or more years left to serve on sentence
Regional Jurisdiction
- Alaska
Arizona Justice Project
4001 N. 3rd Street, Ste 401
Phoenix, AZ 85012
- Cannot currently be represented or be entitled to representation
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Child Sex Abuse Cases
- Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Must have been convicted of a crime in the state of Arizona or, if federal, the incident occurred in Arizona
- Minimum 3-5 years left on sentence
Regional Jurisdiction
- Arizona
University of Arizona Innocence Project
James E. Rogers College of Law
1145 N. Mountain Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
- Cases of actual innocence in Arizona
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson Cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Child Abuse Cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Arizona
1800 Paseo Rancho Castilla
Los Angeles, CA 90032
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
Regional Jurisdiction
- California
Loyola Project for the Innocent
919 Albany Street
Los Angeles, California 91101
- Cases of actual innocence by inmates in California state prisons who have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms or life without the possibility of parole, including gang related-offenses
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Southern California (primarily Los Angeles county)
Northern California Innocence Project
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Arson
- Child Sex Abuse Cases
- Ineffective assistance of counsel
- False testimony
- Unreliable forensic science
- Government misconduct
- No minimum sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Northern California
- Central California
6549 Mission Gorge Road, #379
San Diego, CA 92120
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
Regional Jurisdiction
- California
University of Colorado
Law School Clinical Education
Wolf Law Building: 404 UCB Boulder,
Colorado 80309-0404
- Cases of actual innocence in Colorado
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Ineffective assistance
- Police or prosecution misconduct
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Colorado
55 Farmington Ave, 8th Floor
Hartford, CT 06105
- Cases of actual innocence
- Non-DNA Cases
- Arson Cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- Must have been sentenced to at least 10 years
- 5 or more years left on sentence
Regional Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
4601 Concord Pike
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
Regional Jurisdiction
- Delaware
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
1413 K Street NW, Suit 1100
Washington, DC 20005
- Cases of actual innocence in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- May consider Child Abuse Cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Maryland
Innocence Project of Florida
1100 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301
- Cases of actual innocence in Florida
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- No sentence requirements
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Florida
University of Miami Law Innocence Clinic
1311 Miller Drive
Ste B400
Coral Gables, FL 33146
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Incarcerated for a minimum of 10 years
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Ineffective assistance of counsel
Regional Jurisdiction
- Florida
50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 350
Atlanta, GA 30303
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA cases
- 5 or more years remaining on sentence, or on the Georgia sex offender registry
Regional Jurisdiction
- Georgia
Hawai'i Innocence Project
William S. Richardson School of Law
2515 Dole Street, Suite 255
Honolulu, HI 96822
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- No sentence requirements
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Hawai'i
Illinois Innocence Project
Center for State Policy and Leadership
University of Illinois Springfield
One University Plaza, MS PAC 409
Springfield, IL 62703-5407
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- 8 or more years left to serve on sentence
- Not currently represented by an attorney
- Not currently awaiting trial or pursuing direct appeal
Regional Jurisdiction
- Illinois
806 Howard Street, Suite 111
South Bend, IN 46617
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Indiana
6200 Park Ave, Suite 100
Des Moines, IA 50321
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
Regional Jurisdiction
- Iowa
Department of Public Advocacy
5 Mill Creek Park
Frankfort, KY 40601
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Minimum of 10 year sentence
- Minimum of 3 years until eligible to go before the parole board
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Case
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
Innocence Project New Orleans
4051 Ulloa Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- 10 or more years left to serve on sentence
Regional Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- South Mississippi
University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic
1420 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Maryland
New England Innocence Project
1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A
Cambridge, MA 02141
- Factual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson Cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Child Sex Abuse Cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
885 Centre St.
Newton MA 02459
- Cases of actual innocence in MA, including as co-counsel with CPCS Innocence Program, New England Innocence Project and CPCS appointed private counsel
- DNA and Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
CPCS Innocence Program
7 Palmer Street, Suite 302
Roxbury, MA 02119
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
Cooley Law School Innocence Project
300 S. Capitol Avenue
Lansing, Michigan 48933
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA cases only
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Michigan
Michigan Innocence Clinic
University of Michigan Law School
701 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
- Cases of actual innocence
- Primarily Non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Michigan
3031 W Grand Blvd., Suite 450
Detroit, MI 48202
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA cases
- Child Sex Abuse Cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Michigan
Great North Innocence Project
229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285
Minneapolis, MN 55455
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements (priority given to in-custody)
- Shaken Baby Syndrome or other medically complex child homicide cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
The George C. Cochran Innocence Project
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Arson cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Northern Louisiana
300 E 39th St
Kansas City, MO 64111
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson Cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- 10 or more years left to serve
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Nebraska
Montana Innocence Project
P.O. Box 7607
Missoula, MT 59807
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Montana
Rutgers Law School
217 N. 5th Street
Camden, NJ 08102
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
- Other: All cases with viable innocence claims.
Regional Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
233 Broadway
Suite 2370
New York, NY 10279
- Cases of actual innocence
- No sentence requirements
- Non-DNA Cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- New York
199 Water Street
New York, NY 10038
- DNA
- Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
Regional Jurisdiction
- New York City
New York Law School
185 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013 USA
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA Cases
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Child Abuse Cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- New York
11 Park Place, Suite 1601
New York, NY 10007
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- New York
Duke Law School
210 Science Drive
Box 90360
Durham, NC 27708
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Three or more years left to serve on sentence
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
P.O. Box 52446
Shannon Plaza Station
Durham, North Carolina 27717-2446
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Will consider arson and shaken baby syndrome cases, and may consider child sex abuse cases
- No minimum sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
Ohio Innocence Project
University of Cincinnati College of Law
2925 Campus Green Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45221
- Cases of actual innocence in Ohio
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Ohio
250 East Broad Street Suite 1400
Columbus, OH 43215
- Cases of actual innocence
- Non-DNA cases
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- All other claims of actual innocence
- No minimum sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Ohio
Oklahoma Innocence Project at OCU Law
800 N. Harvey Ave.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- Minimum 8 to 10 years left to serve
Regional Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
Oregon Innocence Project
PO Box 5248
Portland, Oregon 97208.
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA cases and Non-DNA cases
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Oregon
1515 Market Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19102
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Arson
- Shaken baby syndrome
- Child sex abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
Proyecto Inocencia de Puerto Rico
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
PO Box 70351
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-9352
Cases Accepted:
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- Puerto Rico
700 Craighead Street
Suite 300
Nashville, TN 37204
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and Non-DNA
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Child Abuse
Regional Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
Innocence Texas
300 Burnett Street, Suite 160
Fort Worth Texas, 76102
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Texas
Actual Innocence Clinic
The University of Texas School of Law
727 E. Dean Keeton St.
Austin, TX 78705
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Arson cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Texas
Thurgood Marshall School of Law Innocence Project
Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy
3100 Cleburne St.
Houston, Texas 77004
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Texas
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Seven or more years left to serve on sentence
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Nevada
- Wyoming
The Innocence Project at UVA School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- No sentence requirements
- Arson cases
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Virginia
Washington Innocence Project
PO Box 85869
Seattle, WA 98145
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
Regional Jurisdiction
- Washington
West Virginia University
College of Law P.O. Box 6130
Morgantown, WV 26506
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Will consider Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- No sentence requirements
Regional Jurisdiction
- West Virginia
Wisconsin Innocence Project
Frank J. Remington Center
University of Wisconsin Law School
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706-1399
- Cases of actual innocence
- DNA and non-DNA cases
- Arson
- Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
- Child Sex Abuse cases
- Minimum seven years left on sentence
Regional Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
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