Posted: 2009.9.28
The Frank J. Remington Center's Wisconsin Innocence Project was
recently notified that they are the recipient of a grant from the
National Institute of Justice. Working in partnership with the
Wisconsin Department of Justice, the Office of Justice Assistance,
the State Public Defender and the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections, the Wisconsin Innocence Project will use grant funds
to launch a new postconviction DNA testing program. Under the
grant, the Wisconsin Innocence project will undertake an 18-month,
proactive effort to identify all individuals in the Wisconsin
Prison System serving time for rape and murder convictions that
would benefit from postconviction DNA testing in an effort to
determine if any were wrongly convicted.
The State Crime Laboratory and the Office of Justice Assistance
will also receive a portion of the grant to assist in covering
costs related to DNA testing and administration.