Award Information
Awardee
Award #
2009-DN-BX-K245
Funding Category
Competitive
Location
Awardee County
East Baton Rouge
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
Total funding (to date)
$1,376,206
Original Solicitation
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $1,376,206)
While 1,571 prisoners are in state custody for rapes and homicides from Orleans Parish, finding biological evidence, given the current state of the evidence facilities, is not possible with existing manpower. The Orleans Parish Postconviction DNA Testing Project will resolve this manpower shortage, determine the number of cases in which biological evidence exists, review every case for the potential for probative postconviction DNA testing and submit for testing those in which it could prove guilt or innocence.
ca/ncf
Date Created: September 23, 2009