Project Grant 2010FABX0009

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) supports the Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO) in reviewing potential wrongful convictions caused by inadequate legal representation prior to 2011. Specifically, the funding will enable IPNO to screen 246 cases with a high likelihood of wrongful conviction due to ineffective counsel, based on their arrest dates prior to the implementation of Louisiana's Public Defender Act...

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 U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI) and Wrongful Conviction Review Program (CFDA 16.746) to the California Innocence Project Foundation (CIPF). The funding will support CIPF's efforts to review, investigate, and litigate claims of wrongful conviction from prisoners convicted in Southern California counties. CIPF plans to work with conviction integrity units, where available, to free the...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant to the State of Illinois Attorney General's Office to establish a Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). The CIU will review and investigate violent felony cases where new, credible evidence of innocence has been discovered or where new technologies allow for testing of remaining evidence, with a focus on DNA analysis. Key activities to be supported include screening and reviewing potential...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $855,000 Project Grant under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820) to the Iowa State Public Defender's Wrongful Conviction Division (WCD). The grant will help the WCD and its partners, the Midwest Innocence Project and Drake Law School's Legal Clinic, expand their capacity to identify and litigate claims of actual innocence through postconviction DNA testing. Specifically, the funding will enable the WCD to hire additional...

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 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...

The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence (NCCAI) received a $300,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI) federal grant program (CFDA #16.746). The two-year award, effective October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023, will support NCCAI's continued partnership with the North Carolina State Crime Lab and county district attorney's offices. Through this collaboration,...

This $372,927 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) will support the Tennessee Innocence Project (TIP) in its efforts to exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals, particularly in Shelby County/Memphis. The funding will allow TIP to partner with the newly established Shelby County Justice Review Unit (JRU) to collaboratively investigate cases, identify patterns of negligence and...

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...