Project Grant 2012FABX0013

This federal Project Grant award of $286,542, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) program, supports the establishment of a Conviction Review Unit within the Civil Rights Division of the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The goal of this project is to review hundreds of past criminal cases that may have involved wrongful convictions, including re-analyzing forensic...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

This $599,658 Project Grant, awarded on October 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), supports the "Collaborative Justice in Eyewitness Misidentification Cases Project" conducted by the Innocence Project of Florida (IPF) in partnership with the Broward County State Attorney's Office Conviction Review Unit (BCRU). The key objectives of this 3-year grant are to: review cases with potential eyewitness misidentification that have contributed to...

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 Macomb County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan was awarded a $1,600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The purpose of the grant is to assist the county's newly established Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in reviewing claims of wrongful conviction, locating biological evidence, conducting DNA testing, and recommending relief when warranted. The CIU has received a high...

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...