Realizing the power of DNA testing in ending wrongful convictions, Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld founded the Innocence Project as a law clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1992.

The Innocence Project has since become an independent nonprofit and continues to stand at the vanguard of criminal legal system reform by restoring freedom for the wrongfully convicted, transforming the systems that unfairly incarcerated them, and advancing the innocence movement.

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Collaborative Victory

Much of our work has been done in conjunction with Innocence Network organizations, lawyers, exonerees, and/or other key partners. Those collaborations are marked with a "Collaborative Victory" symbol.