Innocence Projects

Websites or web pages around the world that are devoted wholly or in part to exposing various aspects of wrongful convictions. Email, telephone and/or mail contact information is on the pages at the website addresses.

United States

Forejustice:

http:/forejustice.org/wc/misjustice.htm

Justice Denied: the magazine of the wrongly convicted

http:/justicedenied.org

Ace Investigations (Martin Yant)

http://martinyant.com

American False Memory Syndrome Foundation:

http://www.fmsfonline.org

America's Wrongfully Convicted (Website reporting on wrongful conviction cases)

http://americaswrongfullyconvicted.com

Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice - The Justice Project (Arizona Cases)

Arizona Justice Project

2929 N. Central Ave. Suite 2100

Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794

http://www.aacj.org/justice-project.php

Arizona Justice Project (Arizona Cases)

c/o Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

PO Box 877906

Tempe, AZ 85287-7906

http://www.azjusticeproject.org

Arkansas Innocence Project (Arkansas Cases)

Univ. of Arkansas School of Law

1045 W Maple St

Fayetteville, AR 72701

http://law.uark.edu/159.php

California Innocence Project (California Cases)

California Western School of Law

225 Cedar Street

San Diego, CA 92101

http://www.cwsl.edu/main/default.asp?nav=icda.asp&body=icda/innocence_project.asp

Center on Wrongful Convictions (Illinois Cases)

Northwestern University School of Law

357 East Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/clinic/wrongful/index.htm

Centurion Ministries (Cases Accepted Nationwide - DNA evidence of innocence not required)

221 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542

http://www.centurionministries.org/

Chicago Innocence Project (David Protess)

http://www.chicagoinnocenceproject.org

Citizens United For Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP)

2603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy PMB 335
Gainesville, FL 32609
(800) 973-6548

http://www.cuadp.org/pris/pot.html

Colorado Innocence Project (No Web Site) (Colorado Cases)
P.O. Box 2909
Denver, CO 80201-2909

Downstate Illinois Innocence Project (Illinois Cases)

University of Illinois at Springfield
Email: InnocenceProj@uis.edu
http://cspl.uis.edu/ILAPS/DownstateInnocenceProject

Death Penalty Information Center

1320 18th Street NW, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 293-6970

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innoc.html

Dubious Accusations and Convictions:

http://www.freebaran.org/Cases/

Duquesne University School Of Law Innocence Project (No Web Site) (Pennsylvania and West Virginia Cases)
900 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15282

or call: 412-396-4704

http://www.law.duq.edu/Contact.html

Edward Humes: Investigating Wrongful Convictions: Getting Started

http://www.edwardhumes.com/articles/handout.shtml

Exoneration Initiative (New York Cases)

Contact:

Glenn A. Garber, P.C.
350 Broadway
Suite 1207
New York, NY 10013-3911

http://www.glenngarber.com/innocence.php

False Accusations of Sexual Abuse Website:

http://falseallegations.com

Contact:

Law Office of Barbara C. Johnson

6 Appletree Lane

Andover, MA 01810-4102

925-256-4600

Falsely Accused Website:

http://www.accused.com/

Contact:

101 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 305
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
925-256-4600

False Sexual Assault Convictions in the U.S.:

http://christianparty.net/r2000.htm

Innocence Project of Florida (Florida Cases)

1100 East Park Ave

Tallahassee, Florida 32301-2651

http://www.floridainnocence.org

Email: tshrewsbury@innocenceproject.org

Florida Innocence Project (Florida Cases)

Nova Southeastern University

Shepard Broad Law Center
3305 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314

http://www.nsulaw.nova.edu/fip/index.cfm

Or email:
Prof. Catherine Arcabascio: e-mail: arcabascioc@nsu.law.nova.edu
Prof. Craig Trocino: e-mail: cjt@AppellatesSolutions.com

Georgia Innocence Project, Inc. (Georgia Cases)

752-1/2 N Highland Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30306-4513

http://www.ga-innocenceproject.org/

GrassRoots Investigation Project - Is the U.S. Executing Innocent People?:

http://lairdcarlson.com/grip/index.htm

Contact:

Quixote Center

PO Box 5206

Hyattsville, MD 20722

(301) 699-0042

Hawai'i Innocence Project (Hawaii Cases)

University of Hawai`i School of Law

2515 Dole Street

Honolulu, HI 96822

http://www.innocenceprojecthawaii.org

Email: hench@hawaii.edu

Idaho Innocence Project (No Web Site) (Idaho Cases)
Dr. Greg Hampikian, Director
Boise State University

1910 University Dr
Boise, Idaho 83725-1515

Innocence Denied

http://innocencedenied.com/index.htm

Innocence Institute Of Point Park University (Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Cases)
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

(Note: Journalism driven Innocence Project)

http://www.pointpark.edu/innocence

Innocence Matters (California and Georgia Cases - DNA evidence of innocence not required)

PO Box 1098

Torrance Beach, CA 90505

http://www.innocencematters.org

Email: info@innocencematters.org

Innocence Project Indiana (No Web Site) (Indiana Cases)
Indiana University School Of Law
530 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Innocence Project of Iowa (Iowa Cases)

PO Box 93

Estherville, IA 51334

http://www.iowainnocence.org

Innocent In Prison Project (Cases Considered Nationwide - DNA evidence of innocence not required)

Contacts in many states. See the Contact Page for mailing addresses and email addresses)

http://www.innocentinprison.org

Innocent Inmates Association of Ohio, Inc. (Ohio Cases)

P.O. Box 38100
Olmsted Falls, OH 44138

http://www.innocentinmates.org/inframe.html

Innocence Project (Cases Accepted Nationwide - associated with many regional projects. MUST involve DNA evidence of innocence)

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
100 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Or email: info@innocenceproject.org

http://www.innocenceproject.org/

Innocence Project Contact List (National Assoc of Criminal Defense Lawyers)

http://www.criminaljustice.org/public.nsf/freeform/InnocProjContacts?OpenDocument

Contact:

National Assoc of Criminal Defense Lawyers

1150 18th St., NW, Suite 950

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 872-8600

Innocence Project For Justice (No Web Site) (New Jersey Cases)
Rutgers University School Of Law
Constitutional Litigation Clinic
123 Washington St.
Newark, NJ 07102

Innocence Project New Orleans (Louisiana Cases)

636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113

http://www.ip-no.org/

Innocence Project Northwest (Alaska, Montana, Washington Cases)

Clinical Law Clinic
University Of Washington School Of Law
1100 NE Campus Parkway
Seattle, WA 98105-6617

Or email: jackiem@u.washington.edu

http://www.law.washington.edu/ipnw/cases.shtml

Innocence Project of Minnesota (Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota Cases)

Hamline University School Of Law
1536 Hewitt Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104

http://www.hamline.edu/law/curriculum/clinics/innocence_clinic.html

Innocence Project of Northwest Louisiana (Louisiana Cases)

David McClatchey Ph.D., Executive Director

PO Box 400

Shreveport, Louisiana 71162

http://www.notguilty.ws/

Innocence Project of Texas (Texas Cases)

1511 Texas Ave
Lubbock, TX 79401

http://www.innocenceprojectoftexas.org

Email: info@innocenceprojectoftexas.org

Innocence Project at Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Texas Cases)

3100 Cleburne St.

Houston, TX 77004

Email: smcdonald@tmslaw.tsu.edu

No Web Site

Innocence Projects by State

http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/freeform/InnocProjContacts?OpenDocument

Humanity For Prisoners! (Supports the wrongly convicted)
PO Box 687
Grand Haven, MI 49417

http://humanityforprisoners.blogspot.com

Kentucky Innocence Project (Kentucky Cases)
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Suite 301
Frankfort, KY 40601

http://www.kyinnocenceproject.org/home.html

Life After Exoneration Program

PO Box 10208

Berkeley, CA 94709

Dedicated to helping survivors of wrongful conviction re-enter society and rebuild their life.

Or email: info@exonerated.org

http://www.exonerated.org/

Maryland Office of Public Defender Innocence Project (Maryland Cases)

6 St. Paul St., Suite 1400

Baltimore, MD 21202

Or email: mnethercott@opd.state.md.us

Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Cases)
American University - Washington College Of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016

202-274-4199
Fax: 202-730-4733

Or email: innocenceproject@wcl.american.edu
http://www.wcl.american.edu/innocenceproject/index.html

Midwestern Innocence Project (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma Cases)
Ken Miller, Executive Director

6320 Brookside Plaza
Kansas City, MO 64113-1709

(816) 221-2166

Or email: office@innocenceprojectmidwest.org

http://www.innocenceprojectmidwest.org

Montana Innocence Project (Montana Cases)

PO Box 7607

Missoula, MT 59807

http://www.mtinnocenceproject.org

Mothers For The Advancement Of Social Services - MASS, Inc. (No Web Site) (Texas Cases)
P.O. Box 225067
Dallas, TX 75222-5067

New England Innocence Project (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont Cases)

Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

http://www.newenglandinnocence.org

New York State Defenders Association (New York Cases)

194 Washington Street, Suite 500
Albany, NY 12210

http://www.nysda.org/NYSDA_Resources/Innocence_Wrongful_Convictions/innocence_wrongful_convictions.html

New Mexico Innocence And Justice Project (New Mexico Cases)

NM Innocence & Justice Project
UNM School of Law
1117 Stanford NE
MSC11 6070 . 1 UNM
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

http://lawschool.unm.edu/organizations/ijp

Administrative Office of the Courts (North Carolina Cases)

NC Innocence Inquiry Commission
P.O. Box: 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602

http://www.innocencecommission-nc.gov

Northern Arizona Justice Project (Arizona Cases)

Department of Criminal Justice

Northern Arizona University

PO Box 15005

Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5005

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-najp/mission.html

Northern California Innocence Project (Northern California Cases)

Santa Clara University Law School
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0422

http://www.ncip.scu.edu

North Carolina Center On Actual Innocence (North Carolina Cases)

Shannon Plaza Station
P.O. Box 52446
Durham, NC 27717-2446

http://www.law.duke.edu /innocencecenter/

North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission (North Carolina Cases)

Administrative Office of the Courts

NC Innocence Inquiry Commission

PO Box 2448

Raleigh, NC 27602

http://www.innocencecommission-nc.gov/

Office Of The Public Defender (No Web Site) (Delaware Cases)
Carvel State Building
820 French Street 3rd Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801

Ohio Innocence Project (Ohio Cases)
University of Cincinnati College of Law

P.O. Box 210040
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040

http://www.law.uc.edu/institutes/rosenthal

Oklahoma Indigent Defenders (Oklahoma Cases)

DNA Forensic Testing Program
P.O. Box 926
Norman, OK 73070

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040

http://www.state.ok.us/~oids/

Oregon Innocence Project (Oregon Cases)

P. O. Box 40588

Portland, OR 97240

Email: info@oregoninnocence.org

http://www.oregoninnocence.org

Pace Post-Conviction Project (Westchester County and New York City Cases)
Barbara C. Salken Criminal Justice Clinic
Pace University Law School
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
http://www.law.pace.edu/jjls/clinic.html

Palmetto Innocence Project (No Web Site) (South Carolina Cases)

c/o J. M. McCulloch
P.O. Box 11623
Columbia, SC 29211

Pennsylvania Innocence Project (Pennsylvania Cases)

Temple University Beasley School of Law

1719 North Broad St

Philadelphia, PA 19122

http://innocenceprojectpa.org

Proving Innocence (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin cases)

Michigan based

http://provinginnocence.org

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (Nevada, Utah and Wyoming Cases)

358 South 700 East B235
Salt Lake City, UT 84102

http://www.rminnocence.org

Second Look Program (New York Cases)

Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201

http://www.brooklaw.edu/academic/clinics/news_2ndlook.php

Shaken Baby Syndrome Defense (Website of information and resources)

http://www.sbsdefense.com/

Southern California Innocence Project (Southern California Cases)
California Western School Of Law
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101-3046

http://www.cwsl.edu/main/default.asp?nav=icda.asp&body=icda/innocence_project.asp

Texas Center for Actual Innocence (Texas Cases)

University of Texas School of Law

727 E. Dean Keeton Street

Austin, TX 78705

Or email: tcai@law.utexas.edu

http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/clinics/innocence

DNA and non-DNA cases based on actual innocence.

Texas Innocence Network (Texas Cases)

University of Houston Law Center
100 Law Center
Houston, TX 77204

http://www.texasinnocencenetwork.com

The Injustice Line (A web site devoted to exposing and publicizing injustices)

http://home.earthlink.net/~ynot/index.html

The MacArthur Justice Center

University of Chicago Law School
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-9494

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/macarthur

Thomas M. Cooley Innocence Project (Michigan Cases)
300 South Capital Avenue
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901

http://www.cooleylaw.edu/innocence/home.htm

Or email: innocence@cooley.edu

Truth in Justice:

http://truthinjustice.org/

University of Kentucky Innocence Project Externship (No Web Site) (Kentucky Cases)
Attn: Prof. Roberta M. Harding
University of Kentucky College of Law
209 Law Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0048

Victims of the State
Webpage of wrongly convicted people and website links
http://www.victimsofthestate.org

Innocence Project of Texas (Texas Cases)

1511 Texas Ave
Lubbock, TX 79401

http://www.innocenceprojectoftexas.org

info@innocenceprojectoftexas.org

Wisconsin Innocence Project (Wisconsin Cases - May consider extraoridnary cases from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan)

Frank J. Remington Center
University of Wisconsin Law School
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706-1399

http://www.law.wisc.edu/fjr/innocence

Wrongful Convictions Project (Florida Cases)

The University of Miami School of Law

PO Box 248087
Coral Gables, FL 33124-8087
http://www.law.miami.edu/studentorg/wc.php

Wrongful Conviction Reading Room Website

http://www.law-forensic.com/wrongful_conviction_reading_room.htm

Wrongful Convictions: A Call To Action at Harvard Law School:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/cji/innconf02/

Canada

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted:

111 Peter Street, Suite 626
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2H1
CANADA

http://www.aidwyc.org/

CBC News webpage:

http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/facts/wrong_convicted.html

Innocence International (Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's organization) (U.S. and Canadian cases)

330 Runnymede Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario M6S 2Y6

CANADA

http://rubinthehurricanecarter.com/innocence.html

Univ. of British Columbia Law Innocence Project

1822 East Mall

Vancouver, B.C.

CANADA V6T-1Z1

http://www.innocenceproject.law.ubc.ca

Email: innocenceproject@law.ubc.ca

York University Innocence Project

Osgoode Hall Law School

4700 Keele Street Rm 118A

North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3

Email: innocent@yorku.ca

http://www.yorku.ca/dmartin/Innocence/innocenc.htm

Imaginary Crimes.com - Publicizes cases of non-existent crimes

Email: imaginarycrimes@shaw.ca

http://members.shaw.ca/imaginarycrimes

Injusticebusters.com - Publicize Canadian and U.S. cases of injustice

Email: injusticebusters@shaw.ca

http://www.injusticebusters.com/

United Kingdom

MOJUK - Miscarriages of Justice UK:

http://www.mojuk.org.uk/

INNOCENT:

http://www.innocent.org.uk/

Innocence Network UK:

http://www.innocencenetwork.org.uk/

Inside Doubt

http://www.insidedoubt.co.uk

University of Bristol Innocence Project

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/law/aboutus/law-activities/innocence-project.html

University of Leeds Innocence Project

20 Lyddon Terrace
Leeds, LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
Phone: 0113-343-5026

MOJO - Miscarriages of Justice Organisation

http://www.mojo.freehosting.net/

The Portia Campaign - Innocent people in the U.K.:

http://www.portia.org/

Miscarriages of Justice in Britain

http://www.raybrook.co.uk/

MOJO Scotland - Miscarriages of Justice Organisation - Scotland

http://www.mojoscotland.com

Scotched Injustice (Scottish cases of injustice)

http://scotchedjustice.forumotion.com

CjScotland

http://cjscotland.org.uk/index.php/weblog/2004/03/22/

Criminal Case Review Commission

http://www.ccrc.gov.uk/

LegalAppeal.uk.co

http://www.legalappeal.co.uk

Tough Justice - Miscarriages of Justice in Britain

http://raybrook.co.uk

UK Law Online - Miscarriages of Justice

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/justice.htm

The Fair Trials Abroad Trust:

http://www.f-t-a.freeserve.co.uk/

Prisoners Abroad - Caring For Britons Held Overseas:

http://www.prisonersabroad.org.uk/

Action Against False Allegations of Abuse website:

http://www.aafaa.org.uk

F.A.C.T. - Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers:

http://www.factuk.org

B.F.M.S. - British False Memory Society website:

http://www.bfms.org.uk

Shared Parenting Information Group - False allegations in custody disputes and parental alienation syndrome links:

http://www.spig.clara.net

Scandals in Justice

http://www.scandals.org

Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission

http://www.sccrc.org.uk

Shaken Baby Syndrome - Cot Deaths

http://www.legalday.co.uk/current/cotdeath.htm

South Wales Against Wrongful Conviction
http://www.legalday.co.uk/current/cotdeath.htm

United Against Injustice
http://www.unitedagainstinjustice.org.uk

Ireland

Irish Centre on Wrongful Convictions
https://www.facebook.com/IrishCentreOnWrongfulConvictions

Irish Innocence Project at Griffith College
Griffith College
South Circular Road
Dublin 8
Ireland
Phone: 353-1-416-3372

(DNA and non-DNA cases, and no sentence requirements)

Europe

European Court of Human Rights

http://www.echr.coe.int/

Australia

Griffith University Innocence Project
Griffith Law School
Gold Coast Campus

Griffith University, Qld 4222

AUSTRALIA

Email: innocence-project@mailbox.gu.edu.au

http://www.griffith.edu.au/criminology-law/innocence-project

Innocence Project WA (Western Australia Cases)
Council House
Level 4, 27-29 St George's Tce
Perth WA 6000

AUSTRALIA
Email: info@innocenceprojectwa.org.au
http://www.innocenceprojectwa.org.au

Australian Innocence Project
Griffith Law School, Gold Coast Campus
Southport, Queensland 4215

AUSTRALIA

Email: innocence-project@griffith.edu.au

http://www.griffith.edu.au/law/innocence-project

Sellenger Centre Criminal Justice Review Project
The School of Law and Justice
Edith Cowan University
270 Joondalup Drive
Joondalup, WA 6027
Australia
Phone: 08-6304-5415

http://www.ecu.edu.au/community/partnerships/justice-and-security/sellenger-centre-criminal-justice-review-project

Bond University Miscarriage of Justice Program (No Web Site)
C/o Professor Paul Wilson
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Gold Coast
Queensland 4229
AUSTRALIA

Kirsten Edwards, Director
The Australian Innocence Project

University of Technology, Sydney

PO Box 123

Broadway NSW 2007

Sydney

AUSTRALIA

Email: Kirsten.Edwards@uts.edu.au

http://studentwork.hss.uts.edu.au/oj1/oj1_a2001/innocence/ausproject.html

University of Melbourne Innocence Project
Vanessa Stafford, Director
University of Melbourne Law School
185 Pelham Street
Carlton Melbourne
Victoria 3040
AUSTRALIA

Weblink

Networked Knowledge

(Website that investigates and provides information related to alleged serious miscarriages of justice in South Australia.)

http://netk.net.au/

Truth In Justice Campaign

(About how people are wrongly convicted in Australia.)

http://truthinjusticecampaign.com

JusticeAction:

http://www.justiceaction.org.au/index.html

Australian False Memory Association:

http://www.afma.asn.au

France