Indiana Law supporting newly established Indiana Innocence Project

Law students from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will have the opportunity to help exonerate wrongfully convicted Hoosiers through the newly established Indiana Innocence Project, which officially launched Saturday (Aug. 17).\nEstablished in association with the national Innocence Project—which has helped free more than 240 wrongfully convicted prisoners since 1992—the Indiana Innocence Project (INIP) has been made possible through the support of the Herbert Simon Family Foundation, along with the Law School and IU’s Department of Criminal Justice.\nThe Indiana Innocence Project will screen and investigate cases with meritorious innocence claims, secure DNA testing when biological evidence exists, advocate for the release of the factually innocent, provide services to exonerees, educate toward reform to prevent wrongful incarcerations, and sustain academic collaborations for student learning.\n“The Law School’s role is particularly necessary for the last component of the INIP’s mission statement—to sustain academic collaborations for student learning,” said Prof. Valena Beety, a member of the INIP’s Board of Directors and the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law.