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Alabama Alabama  Innocence Project
PO Box 230723
Montgomery, AL
 36123 
 

Alaska Innocence Project Northwest
Univ. of
  Washington  Law Sch.
1100 NE Campus Pkwy.
 
Seattle, WA
 98105 
Prof. Jackie McMurtrie
(206) 543-5780
jackiem@u.washington.edu
 

Arizona Arizona Justice Project 

Northern Arizona Justice Project
Robert Schehr, Chair
Department of Criminal Justice
P.O. Box 15005
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5005

Larry Hammond/Osborne Maledon
2929 North Central Avenue, 21st Floor
Phoenix,
AZ 85012-2794

Professor Andy Silverman
University of Arizona School of Law
Tucson, AZ 85721

Professor Robert Bartels
Arizona State University College of Law
Tempe, AZ 85287

Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
8100 East Indian School Road
Suite 5 East
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 

Arkansas Arkansas Innocence Project
P.O. Box 639
Cabot, AR 72023
Attn: James Hensley, Jr.
jehensley@centurytel.net

Midwestern Innocence Project
6320 Brookside Plaza #1500
Kansas City, MO 64113
 

California Northern:

Stanford Law Sch.
Nathan Abbot Way at Alvarado Row
Stanford, CA 94305
Prof. Robert Weisberg

California Innocence Protection Program
Office of the Public Defender
555 7th Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103

Northern California Innocence Project

874 Lafayette St.
Santa Clara, CA
95050
408-554-1945

Southern:

California Innocence Project
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Prof. Justin Brooks
(619) 525-1485
jpb@cws1.edu

Criminal Law Practice Center
Western State University Law School
1111 N State College Blvd
Fullerton, CA
92831
Prof. Brent Romney

 

Colorado Colorado Innocence Project
P.O. Box 2909
Denver, Colorado
80201-2909

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 E., Box 235
Salt Lake City, UT
84103
Jensie Anderson, President
 

Connecticut New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505
 

Delaware Office of the Public Defender
Lisa M. Schwind, Director
Carvel State Building
820 French Street, 3rd floor
Wilmington, DE 19801
 

District of Columbia Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
4801 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20016-8184
Misty Thomas, Project Director 
innocenceproject@wcl.american.edu
 

Florida

Florida Innocence Initiative

1720 S. Gadsden St., Suite 207
Tallahassee, FL
32301
850.561.6767 Office
850.561.5077 Fax
Jennifer Greenberg, Esq., Executive Director

 

Georgia The Georgia Innocence Project
730 Peachtree Street
Suite 705
Atlanta, GA
30308
 

Hawaii Hawai'i Innocence Project
California Western Sch. of Law
225 Cedar St.
San Diego, CA 92101-3046
Prof. Justin Brooks
(619) 525-1485
jpb@cws1.edu
 

Idaho Innocence Project Northwest
Univ. of Washington
Law Sch.
1100 NE Campus Pkwy.
Seattle, WA
98105
Prof. Jackie McMurtrie
(206) 543-5780
jackiem@u.washington.edu

Greg Hampikian, Professor of Biology and Criminal Justice Administration
Boise
State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID
83725
(ID, MT, and Eastern WA)

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 E., Box 235
Salt Lake City, UT
84103
Jensie Anderson, President

Idaho Innocence Project
College
of Law
University
of Idaho
Moscow, ID
83843

 

Illinois Center On Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Law
357 East Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-503-2391

Medill Innocence Project
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
1845 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL  60208
847-467-1882

Downstate Illinois Innocence Project
University
of Illinois at Springfield
Institute for Legal, Administrative & Policy Studies
P. O. Box 19243
Springfield, IL
62794
Ph. 217-206-6535
fax 217-206-7397

 

Indiana

Indiana Univ. Sch. of Law
735 W. New York St.
Indianapolis, IN
46202
Prof. Fran Hardy
(317) 274-5551

fhardy@iupui.edu

 

Iowa Iowa/Nebraska Innocence Project
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, NE
68124-0183
Tom Lustgraaf, Attorney at Law
Contact numbers: (402) 341-7954
or (402) 896-1973

Univ. of Wisconsin Law School
Remington Ctr.
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI
53706
Profs. Keith Findley, John Pray, Wendy Paul
(608) 263-7461
japray@wisc.edu
kafindle@wisc.edu

 

Kansas Midwestern Innocence Project
Ken Miller, Executive Director
6320 Brookside Plaza
PO Box 1500
Kansas City, MO 64113
(816) 221-2166
office@innocenceprojectmidwest.org
 

Kentucky Kentucky Innocence Project
Gordon Rahn, Program Coordinator
Department of Public Advocacy
P. O. Box 555
Eddyville, KY
42038

University of Kentucky Innocence Project Externship
Roberta M. Harding, Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
209 Law Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0048

Kentucky Innocence Project
Chase
College of Law
Highland Heights, KY 41099

 

Louisiana Innocence Project New Orleans
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA
70113
Attn:  Emily Bolton

Innocence Project of Northwest Louisiana
400 Travis Street, Suite 1222
Shreveport, LA  71101

 

Maine New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505
 

Maryland Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
4801 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20016-8184
Misty Thomas, Project Director 
innocenceproject@wcl.american.edu

Office of the Public Defender
1 Lalvert
Plaza, Suite 1610
Baltimore, MD
21202

 

Massachusetts New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505
 

Michigan Michigan Innocence Project
The Thomas Cooley Law School
300 S. Capitol Avenue
P. O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI
48933
(577) 371-5140
 

Minnesota Innocence Project of Minnesota
Contact: Erika
Applebaum
Hamline
University School
of Law
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN
55104
 

Mississippi Innocence Project New Orleans
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA
70113
Attn:  Emily Maw

NoteThe Mississippi program will operate out of Innocence Project New Orleans but hopes to find an office in Mississippi someone might be willing to donate.

 

Missouri Midwestern Innocence Project
Ken Miller, Executive Director
6320 Brookside Plaza
PO Box 1500
Kansas City, MO 64113
(816) 221-2166
office@innocenceprojectmidwest.org
 

Montana Innocence Project Northwest
Univ. of Washington
Law Sch.
1100 NE Campus Pkwy.
Seattle, WA
98105
Prof. Jackie McMurtrie
(206) 543-5780
jackiem@u.washington.edu

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, Utah
84102

 

Nebraska Iowa/Nebraska Innocence Project
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, NE
68124-0183
Tom Lustgraaf, Attorney at Law
Contact numbers: (402) 341-7954
or (402) 896-1973
 

Nevada Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, Utah
84102
Jensie Anderson, President
 

New Hampshire New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505
 

New Jersey Centurion Ministries
221 Witherspoon Street
Princeton,
NJ 08542

Rutgers University School of Law Innocence Project
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
07102

 

New Mexico Univ. of New Mexico Sch. of Law
1117 Stanford
NE
Albuquerque, NM
87131
Profs. April Land, Barbara Bergman, Rob Schwartz
(505) 277-5265
 

New York The Innocence Project
Benjamin N. Cardozo Sch. of Law
55 Fifth Ave., 11th Fl.
New York, NY
10003
Prof. Barry C. Scheck, Peter Neufeld, Esq.
(212) 790-0354

Second Look Program at Brooklyn Law School
Professor
Will Hellerstein
Daniel
Medwed
Brooklyn
Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY
11201

Barbara C. Salken Criminal Justice Clinic
Contact: Adele
Bernhard
Pace
University Law School
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY
10603
www.law.pace.edu
(Westchester County
and New York City)

 

North Carolina North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC   27708-0360
Prof. Richard Rosen
(919) 962-8505
rich_rosen@unc.edu

Robertson, Gary D.  N.C. Gov Sets Up Innocence Commission.  Courant.com.  3 August 2006.  The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission  -- the first in the nation -- will review claims made by inmates that they were wrongly convicted.  The commission will review evidence that was not used in court.

 

North Dakota Innocence Project of Minnesota
Contact: Erika
Applebaum
Hamline
University School
of Law
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN
55104
 

Ohio The Ohio Innocence Project
University of Cincinnati
College of Law
P.O. Box 210040
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040
*Mark Godsey, contact
*John Cranley, contact
(513) 556-0752

Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Bill Moushey
Point Park College
Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communications
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15222-1984

Ohio Northern University
College of Law
525 S. Main Street
Ada, OH 45810
Contact: Professor Bryan Ward

Ohio Innocence Project
2340 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 525
Cleveland, OH 44122

Martin Yant
P.O. Box 14306
Columbus, Ohio 43214

 

Oklahoma Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
DNA Forensic Testing Program
P.O. Box 926
Norman, OK
73070
Telephone: (405) 801-2666
Fax: (405) 801-2690
Email address of Jamie Pybas, DNA program supervisor:
jamie@oids.state.ok.us

University of Houston Law Center Innocence Network
100 Law
Center
Houston, Texas
77204-6371

 

Oregon Oregon Innocence Project
P.O. Box 3629
Eugene, OR
97403
oregoninnocence@yahoo.com
 

Pennsylvania Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Bill
Moushey
Point
Park
College
Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communications
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA
15222-1984

Post Conviction DNA Project 
Duquesne University School of Law
Professor John T. Rago 
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-1891 (office)
(412) 396-1073 (fax)

Temple University Innocence Project
1719 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
19122

New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505

 

Rhode Island New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505
 

South Carolina Palmetto Innocence Project
c/o Law Offices of Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr.
P. O. Box 11623
1329 Blanding Street
Columbia, SC
29201
(803) 779-0005
joemcculloch@bellsouth.net
 

South Dakota

Innocence Project of South Dakota

University of South Dakota School of Law

414 E Clark Street

Vermillion, SD 57069

Innocence Project of South Dakota (still constructing)

IPSD@usd.ed

 

Tennessee Tennessee Innocence Project
C/O UP Pro Bono
1505 W. Cumberland
Knoxville, TN
37996
 

Texas

Texas Center for Actual Innocence

 

Texas Innocence Network

Univ.
of Houston
Innocence Network
100 Law
Center
Houston, TX 77204
David Dow
(713) 743-7552

South Texas Innocence Project
South
Texas College of Law

1303 San Jacinto
Houston, TX
77002
Contact: Catherine Greene Burnett

MASS, Inc. (Mothers for the Advancement of Social Services)
Joyce Ann Brown
6301 Gaston Avenue, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75214

 

Utah Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, Utah
84102
Jensie Anderson, President
 

Vermont New England Innocence Project
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Boston, MA
02109
Attn: Intake Coordinator
(617) 305-6505
 

Virginia Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
4801 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20016-8184
Misty Thomas, Project Director 
innocenceproject@wcl.american.edu
 

Washington Innocence Project Northwest
Univ. of Washington
Law Sch.
1100 NE Campus Pkwy.
Seattle, WA
98105
Prof. Jackie McMurtrie
(206) 543-5780
jackiem@u.washington.edu
 

West Virginia Innocence Project at WVU
P.O. Box 6130
Morgantown, WV 26506
Marjorie McDiarmid, Director
(304) 293-7249

Innocence Institute of Point Park University
Bill Moushey
Point Park College
Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communications
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15222-1984

 

Wisconsin Univ. of Wisconsin Law Sch 
Remington Ctr.
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI
53706
Profs. Keith Findley, John Pray, Wendy Paul
(608) 263-7461
japray@wisc.edu
kafindle@wisc.edu
 

Wyoming Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, Utah
84102
Jensie Anderson, President
 

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