Assistance and Resources

The Center on Wrongful Convictions will consider cases containing the following characteristics:

A Claim of Actual Innocence
The Center on Wrongful Convictions at present is restricted to handling only cases of persons who assert that they were in no way involved in the crimes for which they were convicted.

A Minimum of 10 Years Remaining on a Prison Sentence for a Non-DNA Case

If your case contains these characteristics and you would like to have it reviewed by the Center on Wrongful Convictions for possible representation, please send us a letter with details of the case to:

Center on Wrongful Convictions
Northwestern University School of Law
375 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611


Innocence Network

For a list of contact information and resources by state, please go to the Innoncence Network website for more information.