Innocence Project

The Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic affiliated with the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and created by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld in 1992. The project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

For every successful placement, our donations will contribute towards helping free innocent people from prison using DNA and reform laws to prevent future wrongful conviction. 

• Free the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated, and to bring reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment.

• Your contribution helps them to continue the fight for criminal justice reform, and exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals. Every action makes a difference.

• The legal, policy, and forensic science worlds are constantly changing. Revenue from donations gives them reliable resources for new and evolving challenges

• The Innocence Project represents innocent clients for an average of 7 years before they’re freed. Donations allows them to keep fighting, no matter how long it takes.

Help free the innocent

Become a part of the Innocence Project’s community of monthly supporters who give to free innocent people and transform the legal system. With your support, we can do even more in 2021.

Please learn more how you can help free more innocent people who are wrongly convicted by visiting: innocenceproject.org

Innocence Project Team Member: 

Lauren Sampson , Director of Gift Planning and Emerging Initiatives: lsampson@innocenceproject.org