Project Grant 2016FABX0003

This $388,252 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI) and Wrongful Conviction Review Program (CFDA 16.746), supports the Arizona Justice Project (AJP) in its efforts to exonerate the wrongfully convicted in Arizona. The funding will allow AJP to: (a) conduct outreach to the 22 Arizona tribal communities to raise awareness of its services, (b) review cases involving prosecutors who have been...

The University of Arizona Innocence Project (UAIP) was awarded a $1,523,688 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The grant will fund UAIP's efforts to conduct postconviction case reviews, pursue DNA analysis, and litigate for relief on behalf of convicted individuals with viable claims of actual innocence in Arizona. Specifically, UAIP plans to work through 350-400 potential DNA...

The Travis County District Attorney's Office, in partnership with the Innocence Project of Texas (IPTX), received a $599,504 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI) and Wrongful Conviction Review Program (CFDA 16.746). The grant will fund a two-year "Confession Review Team" initiative to strategically review homicide cases handled by the Austin Police Department's Homicide Unit from...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $575,000 Project Grant under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative and Wrongful Conviction Review Program (CFDA 16.746) to the Los Angeles Innocence Project, Inc. The grant will fund three full-time attorneys to build a faulty forensics database, obtain forensics-related discovery and trial transcripts, investigate and litigate claims of actual innocence for indigent defendants, and train criminal defense attorneys on...

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) provides $286,542 to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The funding will support a Conviction Review Project within the office's Civil Rights Division to review hundreds of cases for potential wrongful convictions. The project will involve re-analyzing forensic evidence and investigating the reliability of...

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 Innocence Project of Florida (IPF), in partnership with the Broward County State Attorney's Office Conviction Review Unit (BCRU), received a $599,658 Project Grant (ID: 15PBJA24GG02906WRNG) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) program. The goal of this 3-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, is to review cases with potential eyewitness misidentification, obtain expert opinions on approximately 15...

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 Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program, Boston Police Forensic Division, and Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory received a $1,523,688 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The grant will enable the partners to: Expand their existing hair review project to include cases from 1970-1980, and identify all cases from 1970-2000 in which...