Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
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The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to correcting and preventing wrongful convictions in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Through a 20-member Board of Directors, a staff of one full-time and one part-time lawyer, and a wide network of attorney and student volunteers, we work to identify wrongfully convicted prisoners in our region. We then provide them with pro bono investigative and legal assistance so they can obtain their freedom. We know we cannot possibly correct all of the wrongful convictions that have occurred in our region, so we also strive to educate judges, legislators, and the public about the causes of wrongful convictions. Our hope is that such education will lead to changes in our laws and our society that will prevent wrongful convictions in the future.

For more information on what we do and what kinds of cases we handle, please visit our Request Help page. For more information on what you can do to help us in our mission, please visit our Take Action page.

Featured Case

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. 

Case Study

06/13/2008 - Please Join Us For MAIP’s Annual Awards Luncheon

On July 15, 2008, MAIP will host its first annual awards luncheon.  We will be honoring former Virginia Governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner for his extraordinary contribution to the cause of justice.  In 2005, after DNA evidence retained by a former state forensic examiner cleared five men of rape, Governor Warner ordered […]

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05/16/2008 - MAIP Is Saddened To Report That Larry Fowlkes Has Died In Prison

It is with great sadness that MAIP announces the death of Larry Fowlkes in his prison cell on Saturday, May 10, 2008.  Mr. Fowlkes died, apparently of natural causes, after waiting four long years for Governor Warner, then Governor Kaine, to act on his clemency petition, filed on his behalf on May 18, 2004, by […]

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Tale Action

  • Virginia Law Foundation
  • Georgetown University Law Center
  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Cozen O'Connor
  • Hogan & Hartson LLP
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • McGuire Woods LLP
  • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • Venable LLP
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
  • Baker Botts LLP
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
  • The Public Welfare Foundation
  • The DC Bar Foundation
  • The Bivings Group
  • DTI Associates, a Haverstick Company
  • Washington College of Law
  • DLA Piper