Project Grant 2015FABX0011

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...

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 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...

This federal Project Grant award of $599,097, 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 Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University. The NCIP proposes to identify and review cases where convictions may have been based on unreliable expert testimony related to Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma diagnoses or faulty eyewitness identification practices....

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 $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 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 State Police Pennsylvania was awarded a $531,983 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to increase its capacity to analyze crime scene samples for upload into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The funding will be used to purchase new liquid handling robotic instruments, perform validation studies, and implement streamlined laboratory methods to maximize throughput and reduce the number of days to...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $550,000 under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence federal grant program (CFDA 16.820) to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for a project period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The award will support efforts by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Conviction Integrity Unit and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Innocence Project to expedite the review of approximately 250 DNA-related...