Great North Innocence Project
We free people convicted of crimes they did not commit and prevent wrongful convictions.
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We provide free legal services to wrongfully convicted, innocent people.
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“I still remember sitting in that room, looking at those brick walls every morning, wondering if anyone was going to do something. Someone has to do something. I’m somebody.”
-Michael Hansen, exonerated after 6.5 years of wrongful incarceration
14
people freed after a wrongful conviction since 2001, representing 200 years lost to wrongful incarceration
6
pieces of criminal justice system reform legislation passed
250+
applications for service received each year