Great North Innocence Project

We free people convicted of crimes they did not commit and prevent wrongful convictions.

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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