Project Grant 2020DYBX0003

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $599,791 Project Grant to the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program and the Boston College Innocence Program (BCIP) under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746). The funding will support the Massachusetts Innocence Investigation and Litigation Collaboration between CPCS and BCIP to address critical needs in wrongful conviction cases, including: Increasing representation for women and underserved populations...

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,523,688.00, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program (CFDA 16.820). The funding supports a collaborative effort between the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Innocence Program, Boston Police Forensic Division, and Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory to expand their existing hair review project to include cases from 1970-1980 and identify homicide cases from...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $599,658 Project Grant (CFDA 16.746 - Capital Case Litigation Initiative) to the Innocence Project of Florida, Inc. to support the "Collaborative Justice in Eyewitness Misidentification Cases Project." This 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will enable the Innocence Project of Florida to collaborate with the Broward County State Attorney's Office Conviction Review Unit to review cases with potential...

This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $600,000.00, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) federal grant program. The award supports the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Innocence Projects (CIP) Statewide Wrongful Conviction Project, which will allow CIP to continue its partnerships with the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit and the Michigan Attorney General Conviction Integrity Unit, as well as develop new...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $511,991 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts State Police Department under the Missing Children's Assistance (CFDA 16.543) program. The funding will enable the Massachusetts Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force to continue its efforts to investigate computer-related crimes committed against children by enhancing investigative responses to technology-facilitated crimes....

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 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 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 is a $1,133,976 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program. The award aims to conduct a comprehensive study on the use of incentivized informants in wrongful convictions, which disproportionately impact people of color. Key research activities include: Assessing the current legal and policy landscape related to incentivized informants, including...

This Project Grant award, valued at $500,000.00, was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The primary objective is to decrease the number of unidentified forensic profiles from serious, violent crimes in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and increase the number of cases that can be brought to prosecution through the use of Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts State...