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Wrongful Convictions: Causes, Prevention, Impact and Outlook for Corrections

Date Published

December 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Policing and Wrongful Convictions

Date Published

August 2014

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Case Study

2015 Postconviction DNA Testing Program

2015-DY-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$565,639

Achieving Justice in Wisconsin''s Hispanic Community: Post-conviction DNA testing for the Hispanic community

2015-DY-BX-K006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$633,170

Sentinel Events: A Sustainable Model for System Change

2015-R2-CX-K041

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$724,294

Guilty Plea and Latino Initiatives

2015-DY-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$753,958

Orange County Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent

2015-DY-BX-K003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$250,000

WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent in Michigan

2015-DY-BX-K008

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$418,099

Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the InnocentUniversity of Kansas School of Law Multi-State Partnership for Innocence

2015-DY-BX-K004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$122,994

Exoneration of the Innocent in the State of Hawaii through Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

2015-DY-BX-K002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$410,492

Postconviction DNA Program

2015-DY-BX-K007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2015

$400,701

Potential of Blind Collaborative Justice: Testing the Impact of Expert Blinding and Consensus Building on the Validity of Forensic Testimony

Date Published

August 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary)

NIJ FY 15 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent

Closing Date

May 4, 2015

NIJ FY 15 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors

Closing Date

March 17, 2015

Addressing the Impact of Wrongful Convictions on Crime Victims

NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate

2014-DY-BX-K005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$620,269

Arizona DNA Advocacy Project

2014-DY-BX-K001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$934,003

Massachusetts Evidence Inventory and Innocence Case Review Project

2014-DY-BX-K003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$391,345

SADO''s Postconviction DNA Testing Project

2014-DY-BX-K004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$337,314

Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures

2014-IJ-CX-0037

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$389,690

California DNA Assistance Program (CADNAP)

2014-DY-BX-K002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$1,310,522

What We Have Learned From the Cameron Todd Willingham Case 

Event Dates

May 31, 2006, 12:00 am

Location

Online

Event Type

Conference

Registration Status

Not Required

NIJ FY 14 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent

Closing Date

May 13, 2014

NIJ FY 14 Research on Sentinel Events and Criminal Justice System Errors

Closing Date

May 22, 2014

Postconviction DNA Testing Assistance Program FY 2013

2013-DY-BX-K404

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$511,438