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
Seth Miller, Executive 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 60208Downstate Illinois Innocence Project
Institute for Legal and Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza
MS Public Affairs Center 451
Springfield, IL 62703-5407
Primary Contact: Nancy Ford, Co-Director
INDIANA
Indiana University School of Law - IndianapolisIOWA
Fran Hardy, Professor of Law
735 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Innocence Project of Iowa
P.O. Box 93
Estherville, Iowa 52335
info@iowainnocence.org
Contact: Brian Farrell
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
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MARYLAND
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Maryland Office of the Public Defender Innocence Project
Office of the Public Defender for the State of Maryland
201 East Baltimore Street
Suite 1600
Baltimore, MD 21202
Primary Contact: Michele Nethercott, Chief Attorney
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
Mississippi Innocence Project
W. Tucker Carrington, Director
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
662-915-5207
MISSOURI
Midwestern Innocence Project
Byron Beck
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
1201 Walnut Suite, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Innocence Project
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, Nebraska 68124
www.nebraskaip.org (will be up soon)
Contact: Nancy Gilliland
NEVADA
Safety & Justice.org
PO Box 40085
Portland, OR 97240
(503) 335-8449
Fax: (503) 232-1922
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
Texas Innocence Network
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
Safety & Justice.org
PO Box 40085
Portland, OR 97240
(503) 335-8449
Fax: (503) 232-1922
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
Safety & Justice.org
PO Box 40085
Portland, OR 97240
(503) 335-8449
Fax: (503) 232-1922