Resources

Understanding the Causes of Wrongful Convictions

• Eyewitness Misidentification
• Official Misconduct
• False Confessions
• Ineffective Defense Attorneys
• Forensic Science Misconduct
• Junk Science
• Jailhouse Snitches

Links to National Innocence Organizations

The Innocence Project at the Cardozo School of Law was the original innocence project.

• 250 Exonerated is the Project's report on the first 250 DNA exonerations in the United States.

The Innocence Network is an affiliation of innocence organizations from around the country.

Iowa Legal and Corrections Resources

The Iowa Code

Iowa Judicial Branch

Iowa Court Records Online

Iowa Department of Corrections

Iowa Board of Parole

Iowa State Bar Association

Cooperating Institutions

Iowa Lakes Community College

University of Iowa College of Law

University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Drake University Law School

State Public Defender's Office