Midwest Innocence Project

Crafting a future in which wrongful conviction work isn’t necessary at all.

When we come together, we’re just as powerful as the people making the rules.

LAMAR JOHNSON
Exonerated: February 14, 2023

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Who We Are

Our mission is to educate about, advocate for, and obtain and support the exoneration and release of wrongfully convicted people in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. We are an independent innocence organization that is a part of the national Innocence Network. Our partnerships with law firms, law schools, and student volunteers allow us to provide the very best representation at no cost to innocent people within our region.

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