Block Grant 2019FABX0003

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $599,990 Project Grant under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) to the Pennsylvania Innocence Project (PAIP). The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will enhance PAIP's capacity to investigate potential wrongful convictions and exonerate innocent individuals across Pennsylvania. Specifically, the funding will expand PAIP's investigative staff to address a case evaluation backlog, allowing them to...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) program, will deliver $1,396,971 in funding to the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the National Registry of Exonerations Foundation. The primary objectives are to: 1) Provide training and technical assistance to help award recipients implement their...

The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence received a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI) program (CFDA 16.746) to identify, investigate, and litigate credible claims of innocence asserted by indigent inmates convicted of felonies in North Carolina and South Carolina. The Center's primary mission is to correct wrongful convictions, while also educating policymakers, the public, and...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) will enable the Kentucky Innocence Project (KIP) to maintain a part-time staff attorney and paralegal to review and prepare post-conviction innocence cases for litigation. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will also allow KIP to secure expert witnesses and train law student externs at Kentucky's...

The University of Arizona Innocence Project (UAIP) was awarded a $1,523,688 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The grant will fund UAIP's efforts to conduct postconviction case review, pursue DNA analysis, and litigate for relief on behalf of convicted individuals with a viable claim of actual innocence in Arizona. Key activities include identifying potential postconviction DNA cases, securing access...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) to the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Innocence Projects (CIP) Statewide Wrongful Conviction Project. The funding will allow CIP to continue its collaboration with the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit and the Michigan Attorney General Conviction Integrity Unit, as well as expand partnerships with other organizations like the State Appellate...

The University of Wisconsin Law School's Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP) was awarded a $1,523,688 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will enable WIP to conduct a historical review of prior cases and applicants, with a focus on exonerating Black, Latinx, and Native American individuals who were wrongfully...

This Project Grant award of $599,791 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.746 - Capital Case Litigation Initiative) supports the collaboration between the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program and the Boston College Innocence Program (BCIP). The funding will be used to: Expand staffing and contracting with impacted individuals and experienced litigators at CPCS and BCIP to address underrepresentation of women in wrongful...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $271,632 Formula Grant to the Innocence Project of Texas through the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) federal grant program. The two-year award running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023 will support the grantee's provision of wrongful conviction review and capital case litigation training and technical assistance. Specifically, the Innocence Project of Texas will review individual...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $556,305 Project Grant under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) to the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC) located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The grant funding will allow RMIC to begin a full review of potential wrongful convictions in Nevada, with the goal of identifying the primary causes and most effective methodologies to prevent wrongful convictions in the state. Specifically, the grant will enable RMIC to hire a full-time...