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What is the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project?
The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project works to prevent and correct the conviction of innocent people in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. We are one of the most successful of the more than 60 innocence organizations in the country.
The people who come to MAIP for help have nowhere else to turn. Many have been convicted of terrible crimes and are despised and ignored by society despite their innocence. Often, they have never had competent legal representation. MAIP gives hope to people who feel that they are out of options.
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We know how difficult correcting wrongful convictions is, which is why we also work to prevent them in the first place. We have helped pass 20 laws that would prevent or make it easier to correct wrongful convictions. We work with willing prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, and crime labs to address factors that contribute to wrongful convictions and to learn from those cases.
Since the project began in 2000, we have helped secure the release or exoneration of 45 men in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region. These men spent a total of more than 900 years in prison–years that were not spent with their children and their families.
We work to correct that massive injury to justice every day.
What cases do we review?
We review the cases of innocent, incarcerated people convicted in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. We look for cases where we can use new evidence, sometimes from DNA, to prove the incarcerated person is innocent.
For more information on cases we review, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. If you would like the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project to review your case, visit Ask For Help.