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The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. Our work is guided by science and grounded in anti-racism.

Restoring
Freedom

We use DNA and other scientific advancements to prove innocence, and we are committed to helping each person we represent rebuild their life post-release.

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Recent Exonerations

Felipe Rodriguez

Time Served: 25 years

Photo: Innocence Project client Felipe Rodriguez is pictured with his attorneys Nina Morrison (senior litigation counsel at the Innocence Project) and Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma on the day he was exonerated in New York City. Felipe was wrongfully convicted based largely on the false testimony of a police informant and because evidence supporting his innocence was unlawfully withheld from his defense attorney. In 2017, Felipe was freed from prison after 27 years when his sentence was commuted by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. As a result of a reinvestigation conducted by the Innocence Project and the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, Felipe was fully exonerated in 2019 after seeking justice for nearly 30 years.
Credit: Sameer Abdel-Khalek for the Innocence Project.

Mallory Nicholson

Time Served: 21 years

DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 2-Mallory Nicholson is exonerated June 2, 2022 in Dallas Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins / Innocence Project)

Michelle Murphy

Time Served: 20 years

Michelle Murphy at the Innocence Project conference in 2022. (Image: Kenny Karpov/Innocence Project)

Stanley Mozee

Time Served: 14 years

Stanley Orson Mozee, represented by the Innocence Project and Attorney Nina Morrison (background), takes his first steps on the outside after Judge Mark Stoltz overturned his conviction for murder because of prosecutorial misconduct at the Frank Crowley Courts Building on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. (Photo copyright Lara Solt)

Leonard Mack

Time Served: 7.5 years

Innocence Project client Leonard Mack exonerated after 47 years in White Plains, New York on Sept. 5, 2023. (Image: Elijah Craig II/Innocence Project)

Renay Lynch

Time Served: 24 years

Innocence Project exoneree Renay Lynch at 2024 Innocence Network Conference in New Orleans (Image: Claire Bangers/Innocence Project).

Perry Lott

Time Served: 30

Perry Lott at the 2022 Innocence Network Conference in Arizona. (Image: Kenny Karpov/Innocence Project)

Carlton Lewis

Time Served: 31 years

(Image: Malik Rainey/Innocence Project)

Kevin Lackey

Time Served: 22 years

Kevin Lackey

Joshua Kezer

Time Served: 14 years

Joshua Kezer

Jaythan Kendrick

Time Served: 25 years

Jaythan Kendrick, who was freed and exonerated after 25 years, celebrates after his hearing in Queens on Nov. 19, 2020. (Image: Ben Hider for AP/ Innocence Project)

Rosa Jimenez

Time Served: 17 years

Rosa Jimenez in downtown Austin, Texas, on March 4, 2021.

Barry Jacobson

Time Served: 42 days

Barry Jacobson

Ronald Jacobsen

Time Served: 30 years

Image: Justin Chan/Innocence Project

Eddie Lee Howard

Time Served: 26 years

Eddie Lee Howard and Mississippi Innocence Project social worker Lela Donelson.

Termaine Hicks

Time Served: 18 years

Termaine Hicks

Darrill Henry

Time Served: 15 years

Darrill Henry leaving the Orleans Parish Criminal Court with his Innocence Project attorney Vanessa Potkin in January 2023. (Image: Claire Bangser/Innocence Project)

Leroy Harris

Time Served: 28 years

Leroy Harris

Garr Keith Hardin

Time Served: 21 years

Garr Keith Hardin

John Galvan

Time Served: 35 years

John Galvan (Image: Ray Abercrombie/Innocence Project)

Transforming Systems

We work to transform the inequities and failings that lead to wrongful convictions, alongside policymakers, supporters, and partner organizations.

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250+

state and federal laws passed

50

states that allow experts to testify about eyewitness identification

1.2M

advocates who have joined us to create policy change

Advancing the Movement

Together with innocence organizations and advocates around the world, we fight to strengthen the innocence movement.

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Explore the Numbers

Take a look at the data behind our cases — including the demographics of our clients and the factors that have contributed to their wrongful convictions — along with the lessons we’ve learned over the years.

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