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About Us

Working to free the innocent and rebuild lives

The Innocence Project of Florida (IPF) is an IRS certified 501(c)(3), non profit organization founded in January 2003 to help innocent prisoners in Florida obtain their freedom and rebuild their lives.

Meet the Freed

The Innocence Project of Florida (IPF) is an IRS-certified 501(c)(3), non-profit organization founded in January 2003 to help innocent prisoners in Florida obtain their freedom and rebuild their lives.

23 Years

Freed 04/18/2025

Jeff Abramowski

23 Years Stolen
Brevard County

35 Years

Freed 12/17/2009

James Bain

35 Years Stolen
Polk County

9.5 Years

Freed 11/20/2013

Cheydrick Britt

9.5 Years Stolen
Hillsborough County
Our mission

Four pillars drive everything we do.

01

Investigate

We dig into cases the system has closed. Our attorneys and investigators re-examine evidence, interview witnesses, and pursue DNA testing to find the truth — no matter how long it takes.

02

Litigate

When evidence points to innocence, we fight in court — at no cost to our clients. From post-conviction motions to full exoneration hearings, we provide the representation they can’t access on their own.

03

SUPPORT

In many ways, the real work begins when a client comes home. Our Transition Services Team works with clients during and after incarceration to prepare them for life after many years incarcerated.

04

Advocate

Freeing one person isn’t enough. We push for systemic reform — better eyewitness ID procedures, limits on junk science, and accountability for misconduct — so Florida’s justice system stops failing innocent people.

Solving the Problem

Understanding wrongful conviction is part of preventing it.

Freeing an innocent person addresses one injustice. Preventing the next one also means helping people understand how wrongful convictions happen and what reforms can strengthen the justice system.

From our newsroom

A Life Sentence. An Acquittal. 0.7 Grams of Marijuana IPF Seeks to Correct a Decades Long Injustice 1
September 19, 2026

A Life Sentence. An Acquittal. 0.7 Grams of Marijuana: IPF Seeks to Correct a Decades-Long Injustice

For more than two decades, we have worked to find and free innocent people incarcerated …

Help us find and free the innocent in Florida's prisons.

Although we are the premier resource in Florida for those who have been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned, we receive no funding from the State of Florida. Our continued operation depends on the generosity of friends like you.