Georgia Innocence Project
Georgia Innocence Project
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Mission
The mission of the Georgia Innocence Project is: to free the imprisoned innocent using DNA testing and analysis; educate the public about the problem of wrongful convictions; advance practices to prevent others from suffering the same fate; connect the exonerated with resources to help rebuild their lives
About
THE GEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT (GIP) INVESTIGATES CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS WHERE MODERN DNA TESTING WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF TRIAL. IF THERE IS A COMPELLING CLAIM OF INNOCENCE AND DNA EVIDENCE STILL EXISTS, GIP LITIGATES TO TEST THAT DNA AND PROVE ACTUAL INNOCENCE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, GIP HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 7,400 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. GIP AND CO-COUNSEL AT THE SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WON AN EXTRAORDINARY MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL (EMNT) FOR OUR CLIENT JOHNNY LEE GATES, WHO HAS SPENT 42 YEARS IN PRISON (26 ON DEATH ROW) FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT. FOLLOWING EMNT PROCEEDINGS WITH OUR CO-COUNSEL AT THE INNOCENCE PROJECT, ANOTHER CLIENT'S CONVICTION WAS VACATED BASED UPON EXCULPATORY DNA TEST RESULTS -- HE SPENT ALMOST 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A RAPE HE DID NOT COMMIT. WE SECURED POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING IN FOUR CASES. WE EDUCATED 800 STUDENTS IN EIGHT SCHOOLS AROUND ATLANTA ABOUT WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS ON WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY. THE INNOCENCE NETWORK CONFERENCE (900 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 200+ EXONEREES) WAS HOSTED IN ATLANTA AND GIP MADE A STRONG SHOWING THERE -- GIP AND EXONEREES PRESENTED AT SESSIONS AND GIP'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND A GIP BOARD MEMBER EACH GAVE TALKS AT THE OPENING PLENARY.