Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project

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The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project is a non-profit organization that provides investigation and legal assistance to incarcerated people that claim to be wrongly convicted. The Project was founded in 2000 and is run through a network of attorneys and law students in the Washington, DC area. Under the supervision of attorneys, students investigate claims of innocence from prisoners. There is no cost to the prisoner for the Project’s services, although inmates may be asked to contribute to expenses related to investigation or testing.

For more information regarding what we do and what kinds of cases we handle, please click on the Innocence Project tab or visit our FAQ page.

02/26/2010 - Article Written About MAIP’s Outreach Efforts in Georgetown Voice

The Georgetown Voice today published an article about MAIP's outreach efforts in the District of Columbia. People convicted in Washington D.C. are incarcerated around the country in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and have a more difficult time learning about MAIP's services. In order to educate people about MAIP's work, staff members and volunteers […]

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02/04/2010 - New York Man Becomes 250th DNA Exoneree in America

A little more than two decades after DNA testing was first used to clear the name of a wrongfully convicted American, Freddie Peacock became the 250th person to prove his innocence based on DNA testing Thursday, which was conducted thanks to the work of the Innocence Project.
Peacock, 60, was convicted in Rochester, New York […]

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12/18/2009 - DNA Exonerates Florida Man After 35 Years

Thanks to the work of attorneys at the Florida Innocence Project, James Bain was exonerated Thursday after serving 35 years behind bars for a rape that he did not commit.
Not only did Bain become the 248th person exonerated thanks to DNA testing, but he also spent more time in prison than any of the […]

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	Marvin Anderson was just 18 years old when he was arrested, convicted and sentenced to serve 210 years for a rape he did not commit. In 1983, an all-white jury convicted him based on a mistaken identification by the victim.