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Innocence Organizations

The innocence movement includes innocence projects and law clinics that function independent of the criminal judicial system. By contrast, conviction integrity units function within the criminal judicial system. This list focuses on independent innocence entities.

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AL

1

Address: Samford University, Law School Clinics, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229

Phone: 205-726-2011

Email: rachel.martin@samford.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Alabama)

AK

2

Address: PO Box 201656, Anchorage, AK 99520-1656

Phone: 907-279-0454

Email: info@alaskainnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Alaska)

AZ

3

Address: 4001 N. 3rd Street, Ste 401, Phoenix, AZ 85012

Phone: 480-727-0009

Email: info@azjusticeproject.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Arizona), works with ASU Post-Conviction Clinic

4

Address: James E. Rogers College of Law, 1145 N. Mountain Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719

Phone: 520-626-5232

Email: law-clinics@arizona.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Arizona)

AR

5

Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166

Email: office@themip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)

CA

6

Address: 5230 Boyd Ave., Oakland, CA 94618

Phone: (415) 307-3386

Email: info@after-innocence.org

Services: Post-exoneree legal and social support for both DNA and non-DNA cases

7

Address: 5318 E 2nd St. #999 Long Beach, CA 90803

Phone: 213-332-2850

Email: info@pcalaw.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (California)

8

Address: 225 Cedar St., San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: (619) 239-0391

Email: info@cwsl.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (California)

9

Address: 6549 Mission Gorge Road, #379, San Diego, CA 92120

Phone: 619-928-2856

Email: info@theinnocencecenter.org

Jurisdiction: Mixed (California, Hawai’i, & international)

10

Address: 301 Forest Ave, Laguna Beach CA 92651

Phone: 949-376-5730

Email: online form

Jurisdiction: Regional (California: Kill Zone Theory)

11

Address: California Forensic Science Institute, 1800 Paseo Rancho Castilla, Los Angeles, CA 90032

Phone: 323-343-4640

Email: admin@innocencela.org

Jurisdiction: City (Los Angelas County, California)

12

Address: Loyola Law School, 919 Albany Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Phone: 213.736.8141

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: City (Los Angelas County, California)

13

Address: 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053

Phone: 408-554-4790

Email: ncip@scu.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (California)

CO

14

Address: University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Law Building, 401 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309

Phone: none provided

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Colorado)


CT

15

Address: 55 Farmington Ave, 8th Floor, Hartford, CT 06105

Phone: 860-258-4940

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut)

16

Address: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A, Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone: 617-945-0762

Email: general @newenglandinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

DE

17

Address: 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803

Phone: 973-908-5906

Email: director@innocencede.org; Contact us

Jurisdiction: Regional (Delaware)

DC

18

Address: 1413 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-888-1766

Email: info@exonerate.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (DC, Maryland, Virginia)

FL

19

Address: 124 Marriott Drive, Suite 104, Tallahassee, FL 32301

Phone: 850-561-6767

Email: acarr@floridainnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Florida)

20

Address: 1311 Miller Drive, Ste B400, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Phone: 305-284-8115

Email: miamiinnocence@law.miami.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Florida)

GA

21

Address: 50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone: 404-373-4433

Email: gip@georgiainnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Georgia)


HI

22

Address: William S. Richardson School of Law, 2515 Dole Street, Suite 255, Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: 808-956-6547

Email: contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Hawaii)

ID

23

Address: suspended operations for lack of funding

Phone: TBD

Email: TBD

Jurisdiction: Regional (Idaho)

IL

24

Address: Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois Springfield, One University Plaza, MS PAC 409, Springfield, IL 62703-5407

Phone: 217-206-6569

Email: iip@uis.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Illinois)

25

Address: 806 Howard Street, Suite 111, South Bend, IN 46617

Phone: 574-631-0677

Email: ndejc@nd.edu

Jurisdiction: Mixed (primarily Indiana, some national and international cases)

26

Address: Mauer School of Law, 806 Howard Street, Suite 111, South Bend, IN 46617

Phone: 317-203-9608

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Indiana)

27

Address: 530 W. New York St., Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225

Phone: 317-274-8523

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Indiana)

IA

5

Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166

Email: office@themip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)

IA

28

Address: 6200 Park Ave, Suite 100, Des Moines, IA 50321

Phone: 515-412-0514

Email: exonerate@spd.state.ia.us (Director Erica Nichols Cook)

Jurisdiction: Regional (Iowa)

KS

5

Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166

Email: office@themip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)

KY

29

Address: Department of Public Advocacy, 5 Mill Creek Park, Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: 502-564-8006

Email: info@kentuckyinnocenceproject.com

Jurisdiction: Regional (Kentucky)

LA

30

Address: PO Box 792808, New Orleans, LA 70179-2808

Phone: 504-943-1905 (Fax)

Email: info@ip-no.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Louisiana)

ME

16

Address: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A, Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone: 617-945-0762

Email: general @newenglandinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

MD

18

Address: 1413 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-888-1766

Email: info@exonerate.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (DC, Maryland, Virginia)

MD

31

Address: 1420 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 410-837-5706

Email: esuter@ubalt.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Maryland)

MA

16

Address: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A, Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone: 617-945-0762

Email: general @newenglandinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

MA

32

Address: 885 Centre St., Newton, MA 02459

Phone: 617-552-0639

Email: sharon.beckman@bc.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Massachusetts)

33

Address: 75 Federal Street, 6th Floor Boston, MA 02110

Phone: 617-209-5666

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Massachusetts)

MI

34

Address: 300 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933

Phone: 517-371-5140

Email: innocence@cooley.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Michigan)

35

Address: University of Michigan Law School, 701 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

Phone: none provided

Email: innocence@law.msu.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional, non-DNA cases (Michigan)

MN

36

Address: 229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4779

Email: info@gn-ip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)

MS

37

Address: PO Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848

Phone: 662-915-5207

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Mississippi)

MO

5

Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166

Email: office@themip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)

MT

38

Address: PO Box 7607, Missoula, MT 59807

Phone: 406-243-6698

Email: info@mtinnocenceproject.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Montana)

NE

5

Address: 300 E 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166

Email: office@themip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Iowa)

NV

39

Address: none provided

Phone: none provided

Email: toni@innocencenv.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada)

40

Address: Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, 358 South 700 East, Suite B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801-355-1888

Email: contact@rminnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

NH

16

Address: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A, Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone: 617-945-0762

Email: general @newenglandinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

NJ

41

Address: 1000 Herrontown Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540

Phone: 609-921-0334

Email: info@centurion.org

Jurisdiction: National (life or death row prisoners)

42

Address: Rutgers Law School, 217 N. 5th Street, Camden, NJ 08102

Phone: none provided

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (New Jersey)

43

Address: Seton Hall University School of Law, One Newark Center, Newark, NJ 07102

Phone: 973-642-8087 or 973-761-9000 ext. 8087

Email: lesley.risinger@shu.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (New Jersey)

NM

44

Address: PO Box 36719, Albuquerque, NM 87176

Phone: none provided

Email: info@nmijp.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (New Mexico)

NY

45

Address: 233 Broadway, Suite 2370, New York, NY 10279

Phone: 212.965.9335

Email: info@exi.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (New York statewide)

47

Address: 199 Water Street, New York, NY 10038

Phone: 212-577-3300

Email: wcu@legal-aid.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (New York City)

48

Address: 11 Park Place, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10007

Phone: 212-402-4100

Email: info@oadnyc.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (New York City)

49

Address: 185 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-431-2100

Email: communications@nyls.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (New York statewide)

51

Address: 78 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603

Phone: 914-422-4333

Email: ddorfman@law.pace.edu or apribysh@law.pace.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (New York City and Westchester County)

NC

52

Address: Duke Law School, 210 Science Drive, Box 90360, Durham, NC 27708

Phone: none provided

Email: dukelawinnocenceproject@gmail.com

Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina)

53

Address: Duke Law School, 210 Science Drive, Box 90360, Durham, NC 27708

Phone: 919-613-7057

Email: jcoleman@law.duke.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina)

54

Address: PO Box 52446, Shannon Plaza Station, Durham, NC 27717-2446

Phone: 919-489-3268

Email: admin@nccai.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina and South Carolina)

55

Address: Wake Forest University, 1965 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Phone: 336-758-5430

Email: smrabil@wfu.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina)

ND

36

Address: 229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4779

Email: info@gn-ip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)

OH

56

Address: University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2925 Campus Green Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45221

Phone: 513-556-6805

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Ohio)

OK

58

Address: 800 N. Harvey Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Phone: 405-208-6161

Email: innocence@okcu.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Oklahoma)

OR

59

Address: PO Box 5248, Portland, OR 97208

Phone: 503-944-2270, Fax: 971-279-4748

Email: info@oregoninnocence.info

Jurisdiction: Regional (Oregon)

PE

60

Address: 1515 Market Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone: 215-204-4255

Email: info@PAinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Pennsylvania)

61

Address: 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: 215-898-7483

Email: jesslip@penncareylaw.upenn.edu or aravenas@penncareylaw.upenn.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Pennsylvania)

RI

16

Address: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A, Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone: 617-945-0762

Email: general @newenglandinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

PR

62

Address: Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, PO Box 70351, San Juan, PR 00936-9352

Phone: 787-751-1912, Ext. 2021

Email: PRoyectoinocencia@juris.inter.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Puerto Rico)

SC

54

Address: PO Box 52446, Shannon Plaza Station, Durham, NC 27717-2446

Phone: 919-489-3268

Email: admin@nccai.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (North Carolina and South Carolina)

63

 Address: PO Box 11623, Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Phone: none provided

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (South Carolina)

64

Address: 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663

Phone: 864-597-4000

Email: Contact form

Jurisdiction: Regional (South Carolina)

SD

36

Address: 229 19th Avenue South, Suite 285, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4779

Email: info@gn-ip.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota)

TN

65

Address: 700 Craighead Street, Suite 300, Nashville, TN 37204

Phone: 615-581-7230

Email: info@tninnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Tennessee)

TX

66

Address: The University of Texas School of Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX 78705

Phone: 512-471-5151

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)

67

Address: 727 East Dean Keeton St. Austin, TX 78705

Phone: 512-471-1317

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)

68

Address: 300 Burnett Street, Suite 160, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Phone: none provided

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)

69

Address: 106 S Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201

Phone: none provided

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)

70

Address: Criminal Justice Institute, University of Houston Law Center, 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd, Houston, TX 77204-6060

Phone: 713-743-7552

Email: CJI@uh.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)

71

Address: 3100 Cleburne Street, STE 100 Houston, Texas 77004

Phone: 713-313-1139

Email: none provided

Jurisdiction: Regional (Texas)

UT

40

Address: Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, 358 South 700 East, Suite B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801-355-1888

Email: contact@rminnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

VT

16

Address: 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 28A, Cambridge, MA 02141

Phone: 617-945-0762

Email: general @newenglandinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

VA

72

Address: 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Phone: 434-924-7354

Email: comm@law.virginia.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Virginia)

VA

18

Address: 1413 K Street NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-888-1766

Email: info@exonerate.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (DC, Maryland, Virginia)

WA

73

Address: PO Box 85869, Seattle, WA 98145

Phone: 206-636-9479

Email: online form

Jurisdiction: Regional (Washington)

WV

74

Address: West Virginia University College of Law, PO Box 6130, Morgantown, WV 26506

Phone: 304-293-7249

Email: wvulaw@mail.wvu.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (West Virginia)

WI

75

Address: Frank J. Remington Center, University of Wisconsin Law School, 975 Bascom Mall, 4318e Law Building, Madison, WI 53706-1399

Phone: 608-262-2240

Email: rburg2@wisc.edu or christopher.lau@wisc.edu

Jurisdiction: Regional (Wisconsin)

WY

40

Address: Rocky Mountain Innocence Center, 358 South 700 East, Suite B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801-355-1888

Email: contact@rminnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)

US national

76

Address: 40 Worth St., Suite 701, New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-364-5340

Email: info@innocenceproject.org

Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)

77

Address: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-3069

Phone: 312-503-2391

Email: cwc@law.northwestern.edu

Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)

Transition

78

Address: 5230 Boyd Ave., Oakland, CA 94618

Phone: 415-307-3386

Email: info@after-innocence.org

Services: Post-exoneree legal and social support for both DNA and non-DNA cases

79

Address: PO Box 20241, American Canyon, CA 94503

Phone: 707-656-5994

Email: info@exoneratednation.org or obie@exoneratednation.org

Jurisdiction: Regional (California)

80

Chicago: 311 N. Aberdeen St., Floor 3, Suite E, Chicago, IL 60607

New York: 310 Lenox Avenue, Floor 3, New York, NY 10027

Ohio: 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 100, Dublin, OH 43017

Washington, D.C.: 126 C St. NW, Floor 2, Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 312-789-4955

Email: info@exonerationproject.org

Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)

Services: Post-release financial and social support for both DNA and Non-DNA Cases

81

Address: 11312 US 15-501 N, Suite 107 – #181, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Phone: none provided

Email: connect@healingjusticeproject.org

Service: Works to prevent and alleviate the harms caused to all by wrongful convictions through advocacy, education, and direct support.

82

Address: 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone: 267-519-4584

Email: info@witnesstoinnocence.org

Jurisdiction: Broad (US nationwide)

Publicizing

Address: 509 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004

Phone: 202-934-0121

Email: prisonsandjustice@georgetown.edu

Service: Georgetown University course leading students to create short documentaries and social media campaigns that spotlight a few compelling cases of the innocent in prison.

A curated collection of links of articles about the wrongly convicted innocent.

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