Correcting wrongful convictions.

Solving cold cases.

Every year, police DNA databases expose wrongful convictions and identify the perpetrators of violent crimes.

But across the country, this information is falling through the cracks, leaving innocent people in prison and victims without closure.

We're working to change that.

Data shows that improved use of DNA evidence in the FBI's CODIS database could exonerate 10–15 innocent people every year and solve hundreds of cold cases, all while saving millions of taxpayer dollars.

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What is CODIS?
How are CODIS hits being overlooked?
Why is this so urgent?

The Accurate Justice Project works to ensure that this powerful forensic evidence is properly reviewed, disclosed, and acted upon nationwide—never ignored.

About Us
We're currently focused on getting model policies adopted in four states: Michigan, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Georgia, with the goal of then getting other states to follow.

Our proposed model police guarantees crime-solving and innocence-proving DNA evidence is used to its full potential:

  • An efficient and accountable system for reviewing all CODIS hits
  • Processes to flag and investigate CODIS hits in cold cases
  • Guaranteed disclosure of potentially exculpatory CODIS hits to an innocence organization
  • Compassionate notification of victims
Model Policy
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