Wrongful Conviction Links
Links on the page were provided by Robert Schehr, at Northern Arizona University. The first set of links include research sites and general information. These links are followed by a listing of “Innocence Project” sites across the United States.
Justice Information/Magazines/News
- Cardozo Innocence Project – http://www.innocenceproject.org/
- Talk Left – http://www.talkleft.com/
- 911-Justice – http://www.911-justice-phadp.org
- Death Penalty Information Center – http://deathpenaltyinfo.org
- Forejustice – http://forejustice.org
- Justice Denied magazine – http://www.justicedenied.org
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Freeing the Innocent; Stories of Wrongful Convictions” – http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/freeform/innocenceprojects?opendocument
- Prison News – http://www.prisonlegalnews.org
- U.S. Department of Justice “National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence” – http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/dna/welcome.html
Research Sites and Statistics
- State Justice Institute http://www.statejustice.org/
- Bureau of Justice Statistics – http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
- Crimelynx – http://www.crimelynx.com
- Death Penalty Information Center – http://deathpenaltyinfo.org
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service – http://www.ncjrs.org
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/welcome.html
- Office of Justice Programs (OJP) – http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov
Other Organizations
- The Justice Project – http://www.justiceproject.org
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – http://www.criminaljustice.org
- National Legal Aid and Defender Association – http://www.nlada.org
- Southern Center for Human Rights – http://www.schr.org
- Truth in Justice – http://www.truthinjustice.org
Innocence Projects in the United States
(April 2003)
Arizona
Arizona Justice Project
Larry Hammond
C/O Osborn Maledon
Suite 2100
2929 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Northern Arizona Justice Project
Robert Schehr, Project Director
John Trebon, Legal Director
Department of Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 15005
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5005
Arkansas
Arkansas Innocence Project
Inmate Contact:
Arkansas Innocence Project
P.O. Box 322
Chery Valley, AR 72324
Project Contact:
Robert Lightfoot
Arkansas Innocence Project
431 County Rd. 300
Cherry Valley, AR 72324
California
California Innocence Project
Justin Brooks, Director
California Innocence Project
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar St.
San Diego, CA 92101-3046
Northern California Innocence Project
Cookie Ridolfi, Executive Director
Northern California Innocence Project
Santa Clara University Law School
University School of Law
874 Lafayette, St.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Colorado
Colorado Innocence Project
James E. Scarboro
Colorado Innocence Project
P.O. Box 2909
Denver, CO 80201-2909
Delaware
Office of the Public Defender
Lisa M. Schwind, Director
Office of the Public Defender
Carvel State Building
820 French Street, 3rd Floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
District of Columbia
Innocence Project of the National Capital Region
Misty Thomas, Project Coordinator
Innocence Project of the National Capital Region
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Florida
Florida Innocence Project
Catherine Arcabascio, Co-Director, or Crag Trocino
Florida Innocence Project
Nova Southeastern University
Shepard Broad Law Center
3305 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Georgia
Georgia Innocence Project
Aimee Maxwell, Executive Director
Georgia Innocence Project 730 Peachtree St., Suite 705
Atlanta, GA 30308
Idaho
Idaho Innocence Project
Craig Lewis
Idaho Innocence Project
College of Law, University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-2321
Illinois
Center on Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty
Robert Warden, Executive Director
Larry Marshall, Legal Director
Jennifer Linzer
Center on Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern University School of Law
357 East Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
Medill Innocence Project
Emily Capotocny
Medill Innocence Project
1845 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 6020802101
Downstate Illinois Innocence Project
Bill Clutter
Nancy Ford
Downstate Illinois Innocence Project
University of Illinois at Springfield
Center for Legal Studies
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield, IL 62794
Indiana
Innocence Project Indiana
Fran Hardy
Innocence Project Indiana
Indiana University School of Law
530 West New York St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Iowa
Iowa Innocence Project
Diana Cavigliano
Iowa Innocence Project
P.O. Box 442321
Kentucky
Kentucky Innocence Project
Gordon Rahn, Program Coordinator
Kentucky Innocence Project
Department of Public Advocacy
P.O. Box 555
Eddyville, KY 42038
Louisiana and Mississippi
Innocence Project New Orleans
Robert Hoelscher, Executive Director
Emily Bolton, Legal Director
Innocence Project New Orleans
Second Floor
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
Maryland
Innocence Project
Innocence Project
Office of the Public Defender
1 Calvert Plaza, Suite 1610
Baltimore, MD 21202
Massachusetts
New England Innocence Project
Kristin Cronin, Coordinator
New England Innocence Project
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
125 High Street
Oliver Street Tower
Boston, MA 02110
Michigan
Thomas M. Cooley Innocence Project
Kathy Swedlow, Deputy Director
Thomas M. Cooley Innocence Project
300 South Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
Minnesota
Innocence Project of Minnesota
Erika Applebaum, Executive Director
Innocence Project of Minnesota
Hamline University Law School
1536 Hewitt Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104
Missouri
Midwestern Innocence Project
Ellen Suni, President
Phil Gribson, Director
Midwestern Innocence Project at UMKC
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
New Jersey
Centurion Ministries
Jim McCloskey, Executive Director
Heather McNally, Case Development Manager
Centurion Ministries
221 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08542
New Mexico
New Mexico Innocence and Justice Project
April Land, Director
New Mexico Innocence and Justice Project
University of New Mexico Law School
1117 Stanford NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
New York
Innocence Project
Aliza Kaplan, Deputy Director
Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
55 Fifth Ave. 11th floor
New York, NY 10003
Pace Post-Conviction Project
Adele Bernhard, Law Professor
Pace Post-Conviction Project
78 North Broadway, Room G210
White Plains, NY 10603
Second Look Project
Daniel S. Medwed, Assistant Director
William E. Hellerstein, Director
Second Look Program
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Ohio
Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center Innocence Project
Carol Turowski
Mark Godsey
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-7148
Ohio Innocence Project
Innocence Project
College of Law
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210040
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040
Oklahoma
Jamie Pybas
DNA Forensic Testing Program
1660 Cross Center Drive
Norman, OK 73019
Oregon
Innocence Project West
Dennis Clark
Innocence Project West
4702 S.W. Scholls Ferry Road, #30
Portland, OR 97225
Pennsylvania
Innocence Project of Western Pennsylvania
Bill Moushey, Director
Innocence Institute of Western PA
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
Point Park College
201 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Duquesne University School of Law Innocence Project
John Rago, Dean
Duquesne University School of Law Innocence Project
600 Forbes Avenue
632 Fisher Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Penn State Criminal Justice Project
Timothy Prendergast or Professor Tom Place
Penn State Criminal Justice Project
Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law
150 S. College Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
South Carolina
Palmetto Innocence Project
Joe McCulloch, Director
Palmetto Innocence Project
P.O. Box 11623
Columbia, SC 29211
Tennessee
Tennessee Innocence Project
Kenneth Irvine, President
Tennessee Innocence Project
C/O UT Pro Bono
UT Legal Clinic
1505 W. Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1810
Texas
MASS, Inc. (Mothers (and Fathers) for the Advancement of Social Services)
Inmates:
MASS, Inc.
P.O. Box 225067
Dallas, TX 75222-5067
Others:
Joyce Ann Brown, President/CEO
MASS, Inc.
6301 Gaston Ave., Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75214
Texas Innocence Network
David Dow
Texas Innocence Network
University of Houston Law Center
100 Law Center
Houston, TX 77204-6371
Utah
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Don Topham, Legal Director
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Arrow Press Building, Suite 204
123 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Washington
Innocence Project Northwest
Jacqueline McMurtrie, Director
Innocence Project Northwest Clinic
University of Washington School of Law
1100 NE Campus Parkway
Seattle, WA 98105-6617
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Law School Innocence Project
Keith Findley or John Pray (Co-Directors)
University of Wisconsin Law School Innocence Project
Remington Center
Madison, WI 53706-1399
Innocence Projects Located Outside the United States
Australia
Griffith University School of Law Innocence Project
Lynne Weathered
Griffith University School of Law
PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre
Queensland, 9726 Australia
University of Technology, SydneyInnocence Project
Kirsen Edwards, UTS Law Faculty
P.O. Box 123
Broadway NSW, 2007