The Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, founded by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992, is a non-profit legal clinic and criminal justice resource center. We work to exonerate the wrongfully convicted through postconviction DNA testing; and develop and implement reforms to prevent wrongful convictions. This Project only handles cases where postconviction DNA testing can yield conclusive proof of innocence. For more information regarding what we do and what kinds of cases we handle, please click on the Innocence Project tab or visit our FAQ page.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS:

• Scott Fappiano Exonerated 21 Years After Wrongful Conviction Based On Mistaken Eyewitness Identification
• DNA Proves Jeffrey Deskovic's Innocence 16 Years After He Was Wrongly Convicted as a Teenager
• Study of Year-Long Pilot Project Shows that Key Eyewitness Identification Reforms Are Effective
• 22 Years After Wrongful Conviction – And After 12 Years Fighting for Access to Evidence – DNA Proves Alan Newton’s Innocence
• Charges Against Larry Peterson Dropped 17 Years After Wrongful Conviction
• 23 Years After Conviction Based on Eyewitness Misidentification, DNA Proves Orlando Boquete’s Innocence

About This Innocence Project: A history of our project, what we do, who we are, other projects by state, and employment opportunities.

Case Profiles: Names, faces, and the stories of the wrongfully convicted. This page allows you to search by name, date, jurisdiction, and charge.

Causes & Remedies: What are the main causes of wrongful convictions and how can the system be fixed? Facts, statistics, and recommendations from our own study of DNA exonerations.

Support Us: How you can donate and support the work of the Innocence Project.

Policy: Find out what laws apply in your state and across the country. See what laws have been passed, which are pending, and what they contain.

Links: Links to other Projects by state as well as other organizations, articles, and areas of expertise.

The Innocents: Photographs by Taryn Simon, introduction by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld.