OWHL Guides: Innocence Club: Research & Resources

Vik Muniz, "Portraits of Freedom"

Vik Muniz Termaine Hicks, after Sameer Abdel-Khalek (November 27, 2001 - December 16, 2020), Innocence Project, 2024

National & Local Organizations

The Innocence Project
Innocence Network
The Innocence Network is an informal coalition of independent innocence organizations dedicated to combating wrongful convictions worldwide and reforming the criminal legal system.
Boston College Innocence Project
New England Innocence Project

See more videos on the Impact of Human Factors on Wrongful Convictions. Created by the Ohio Innocence Project and the Innocence Project. Co-sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Innocence Network.

Resources on The Innocence Project, Exonerations, and Wrongful Convictions

Research Resources - Innocence Project
A great place to kick off your research and find background information on the Innocence Project, exonerations, and wrongful convictions.
Research Needs - Innocence Project
Past Cases - Innocence Project
Review Innocence Project cases of exonerated clients.
Fast Facts: DNA Exonerations in the United States, 1989-2020
National Registry of Exonerations
Browse exonerations cases and infographics. National Registry of Exonerations is a project of Exonerations is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law.
Convicting the Innocent: DNA Exonerations Database
Innocence Research
Links to scholarly research on wrongful convictions and popular culture resources related to wrongful convictions including film, books, podcasts and more.

Legal Research

Free Legal Research Sites
Compiled by George Mason University Law School
Justia
Justia provides open and free access to the law, and a platform for the legal community to share their knowledge.
Find Law
Searchable database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
Supreme Court of The United States
Oyez
A multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone. A free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Citations - Chicago Manual of Style

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