Other Innocence Organizations
(May not be a comprehensive list)
** Accepts national cases
ARIZONA
Arizona Justice Project
Larry Hammond
Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 2100
Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794
Northern Arizona Justice Project
Robert Schehr, Chair
Department of Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 15005
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5005
CALIFORNIA
California and Hawaii Innocence Project
Justin Brooks, Director
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University
Professor Kathleen Ridolfi, Executive Director
Linda Starr, Legal Director
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0422
University of California - Irvine
(not a project, but a resource)
William Thompson
Department of Criminology, Law & Society
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-7080
COLORADO
Colorado Innocence Project
370 17th Street
Suite 4500
Denver, CO 80202
303-863-1000
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Innocence Project
Office of the Chief Public Defender
30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
DELAWARE
Office of the Public Defender
Lisa Schwind
Carvel State Building
820 French Street, 3rd Floor
Wilimington, DE 19801
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
FLORIDA
Innocence Project of Florida
Jenny Greenberg, Director
1100 E. Park Ave.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
GEORGIA
Georgia Innocence Project
Aimee Maxwell, Executive Director
752 1/2 North Highland Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30306
IDAHO
Idaho Innocence Project
Greg Hampikian
Mail Stop 1515
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1515
ILLINOIS
Center on Wrongful Convictions **
Rob Warden, Executive Director
Steve Drizin, Legal Director
Northwestern University School of Law
357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Medill Innocence Project
David Protess, Director
Northwestern University
1845 N. Sheridan Ave.
Evanston, IL 60208
INDIANA
Indiana University School of Law - IndianapolisIOWA
Fran Hardy, Professor of Law
735 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Iowa/Nebraska Innocence Project
Tom Lustgraaf
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, NE 68124-0183
KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky Innocence Project
Roberta M. Harding, Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
209 Law Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0048
Kentucky Innocence Project
Gordon Rahn
Project Coordinator
Department of Public Advocacy
P.O. Box 555
Eddyville, KY 42038
LOUISIANA
Innocence Project New Orleans
Emily Maw, Legal Director
636 Baronne Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70113
MAINE
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
MARYLAND
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
MASSACHUSETTS
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
MICHIGAN
Thomas M. Cooley Innocence Project
300 S. Capitol Ave. P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
MINNESOTA
Innocence Project of Minnesota
Erika Applebaum
Hamline University School of Law
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
MISSISSIPPI
Innocence Project New Orleans (operates in LA and MS)
Emily Maw, Legal Director
636 Baronne Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70113
MISSOURI
Midwestern Innocence Project
Byron Beck
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
1201 Walnut Suite, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106
NEBRASKA
Iowa/Nebraska Innocence Project
Tom Lustgraaf
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, NE 68124-0183
NEVADA
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Jensie Anderson, President
Katie Monroe, Executive Director
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
332 S. 1400 E. Front
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
NEW JERSEY
Centurion Ministries **NEW MEXICO
Rev. Jim McCloskey
Kate Germond
221 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
New Mexico Innocence and Justice Project
Professor April Land
Professor Barbara Bergman
University of New Mexico School of Law
1117 Stanford NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
NEW YORK
Innocence Project at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School - Yeshiva University **
100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Second Look Program
Professor Will Hellerstein
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Pace Post-Conviction Project
78 North Broadway, Room G210
White Plains, NY 10603
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
Duke/University of North Carolina Law Schools
Professor Therea Newman
Professor Rich Rosen
Pete Weitzel, Executive Director
Chris Mumma, Legal Counsel
Shannon Plaza Station
Durham, NC 27717
OHIO
Ohio Innocence Project
University of Cincinnati College of Law
P.O. Box 210040
Cincinnatti, OH 45221-0020
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System - DNA Forensic Testing Program
Julie Gardner
Jamie Pybas
Kathleen Smith
Kim Marks
P.O. Box 926
Norman, OK 73070
PENNSYLVANIA
The Innocence Institute of Western Pennsylvania
Bill Moushey
c/o Point Park College Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984
RHODE ISLAND
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
SOUTH CAROLINA
Palmetto Innocence ProjectTEXAS
Joseph M. McCulloch
P.O. Box 11623
Columbia, SC 29211
University of Houston Law School
David Dow, Professor
100 Law Center
Houston, TX 77204-6060
Texas Center for Actual Innocence
University of Texas School of Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
Innocence Project of Texas
1304 Texas Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79401
Wesleyan Innocence Project
Prof. Mike Ware
1515 Commerce St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
UTAH
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Katie Monroe, Executive Director
Jensie Anderson, President
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
VERMONT
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
VIRGINIA
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
WASHINGTON
Innocence Project Northwest
Professor Jackie McMurtrie
University of Washington
William H. Gates Hall, Suite 265
P.O. Box 85110
Seattle, WA 98145-1110
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Innocence Project **
Keith Findley, Associate Clinical Professor
John Pray, Associate Clinical Professor
University of Wisconsin Law School
Remington Center
Madison, WI 53706
WYOMING
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Jensie Anderson, President
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
332 S. 1400 E. Front
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
INTERNATIONAL
CANADA
Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC)
85 King Street East
Suite 318
Toronto, Ontario M5C 1G3
CANADA
ENGLAND / UNITED KINGDOM
University of Leeds Innocence Project
Carole McCartney, Director
20 Lyddon Terrace
Leeds, LS2 9JT United Kingdom
AUSTRALIA
Australian Innocence Project
Lynne Weathered, Director
Griffith University Innocence Project
Griffith Law School
GU PMB 50
GCMC 9726
Australia
University of Melbourne Innocence Project
Vanessa Stafford, Director
University of Melbourne Law School
185 Pelham Street
Carlton Melbourne
Victoria 3040
Australia