Innocence Project Annual Report 2009

THE INNOCENCE PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT 2009BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

BOARD OF DIRECTORSMichelle AdamsProfessor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawGordon DuGanPresident and Chief Executive Officer, W.P.Carey & Co., LLCSenator Rodney EllisTexas State Senate, District 13Board ChairJason FlomPresident, LAVA RecordsJohn GrishamAuthorCalvin JohnsonFormer Innocence Project client and exoneree;Supervisor, Metropolitan Atlanta RapidTransit AuthorityDr. Eric S. LanderDirector, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Professor of Biology, MITHon. Janet RenoFormer U.S. Attorney GeneralMatthew RothmanManaging Director and Global Head ofQuantitative Equity Strategies,Barclays CapitalStephen SchulteFounding Partner and Of Counsel, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPBonnie SteingartPartner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPAndrew H. TananbaumPresident and CEO, Capital Business Credit LLCJack TaylorHead of High Yield Debt,Managing Director, Prudential Real EstateBoard TreasurerPaul R.VerkuilOf Counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLPRachel WarrenM.K. Enterprises, Inc

FEATURES“I AM WORTH YOUR HELP” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

AN INNOCENT PERSON WORTH FIGHTING FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORTH FIXING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

A FUTURE WORTH BUILDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

AN EFFORT WORTH SUPPORTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

DEPARTMENTSLETTER FROM THE CO-DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

INNOCENCE PROJECT SUPPORTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

LETTER FROM BOARD CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

CONTENTS

ON THE COVER: THREE MEN WHO WERE EXONERATED IN 2009, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DEWEY BOZELLA AND HIS WIFE, TREENA,STEVEN BARNES, AND FERNANDO BERMUDEZ WITH HIS DAUGHTER, CARISSA.

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– PETER NEUFELD, CO-DIRECTORBARRY SCHECK, CO-DIRECTOR

When Innocence Project client Jerry Miller wrote to usfrom prison asking for help, he said: “In the beginningto me, this case was the toughest situation I have everexperienced. And it remains so. I am worth your help.”Four years later, we were there to finally exonerate him,after 24 years. His words have stayed with us andguided our efforts.

This Annual Report summarizes a historic year for theInnocence Project. It includes highlights of our work to free innocent prisoners around the country andreform the criminal justice system to prevent wrongfulconvictions. We started the Innocence Project atCardozo School of Law in 1992 with an ambitiousagenda – a vision to use our individual casework tohave an impact on a much broader scale. We arereaching new heights in making that vision a reality.

In every state in the country, the Innocence Project isrepresenting clients, assisting other attorneys, filingfriend-of-the-court briefs that can set importantprecedents, providing post-release social work servicesto the exonerated and improving the way our criminaljustice system operates.

We are making our system of justice more fair, accurateand reliable. What began as a small legal clinic hasbecome an engine for reform, from the courthouse to the State House to the local police precinct toCongress and the White House.

Jerry Miller was right. He was worth our help, as arethousands of other people who write to the InnocenceProject for help every year.

We are able to help them – and to prevent people from even needing our help by improving the systemupstream, before wrongful convictions happen –because a strong and growing number of people acrossthe country have decided that the Innocence Project’smission is worth helping. It is with this support that wewill expand our reach even further in the year ahead,beyond what any of us could envision 18 years ago.

A VISION WORTH PURSUING

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The Innocence Project knows intimately the strugglesof innocent prisoners. Their letters reveal fatigue andfrustration but also an extraordinary determinationand irrepressible sense of hope. “I am worth yourhelp…I am innocent of the charges against me…You may be my only chance at vindication.”

About 250 new prisoners write to the organization each month for help, and each letter represents thepotential to free an innocent prisoner. In 2009, theInnocence Project received a total 3,071 new requestsfor assistance. Since the organization’s founding in1992, a constant stream of letters has come throughour door – over 30,000 prisoners have writtenrequesting help. And from the beginning, theInnocence Project has committed itself to respondingto each and every request. After responding, theprocess of evaluation to determine if the applicant can be accepted as a client begins. It’s a process that

involves dogged efforts to track down legal documents,months of research and an in-depth knowledge of DNAtechnology.

Still, the 250 prisoners who write to the InnocenceProject each month are a mere percentage of thosewho need our help. Surely, there are others who don’t,or can’t, write – because of illiteracy, a language barrier,or a lack of resources. Some have given up, resigned toserving out their sentences or dying in prison.

Collectively, their letters represent the many innocentpeople still behind bars, the families torn apart bywrongful conviction, the unsolved cases and the realperpetrators who have evaded justice. For everyone atthe Innocence Project, the multitude of letters serves asa visual reminder of the imperative of our mission – tofree every innocent prisoner. They are more thanworth helping.

“I AM WORTHYOUR HELP”

OVER 3,000 PRISONERS WRITE TO THE INNOCENCE PROJECT EACH YEARFOR HELP, AND EACH LETTER REPRESENTS THE POTENTIAL TO FREE ANINNOCENT PRISONER.


AN INNOCENT WORTH

STEPHEN BROOKS HAS PROCLAIMED HIS INNOCENCE FOR OVER TWODECADES. IF THE INNOCENCE PROJECT CAN HELP AUTHORITIES LOCATE HISBIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR DNA TESTING, HE MAY HAVE A CHANCE TOPROVE IT.


The Innocence Project’s seven staff attorneys and 19Cardozo law clinic students represented or assisted 270 clients from 36 states in 2009. Each case presentsits own unique challenges – critical trial documentsmay be lost, biological evidence may be missing ordamaged, and requests for DNA testing may be denied.Individual cases take years or decades to resolve, butthe Innocence Project’s advocacy is unwavering.

In 2009, many long legal battles ended in victory andothers achieved major breakthroughs. The InnocenceProject argued for a prisoner’s right to DNA testingbefore the U.S. Supreme Court, helped vindicate awrongfully convicted man who served 22 years ondeath row, cleared several other wrongfully convictedprisoners, and provided legal consultation on post-conviction DNA matters in cases nationwide.

MAJOR LEGAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2009

AMONG THE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED:

STEVEN BARNES: Innocence Project client Steven Barneswas exonerated in Upstate New York in January whenDNA testing disproved the flimsy forensic evidence thathad been used to convict him of murder and rape. Heand his family have since joined efforts to reform theforensic sciences.

TIMOTHY COLE: The Innocence Project served as co-counsel, with the Innocence Project of Texas, on Texas’first posthumous DNA exoneration. Cole’s family, alongwith the rape victim, helped advocate for hisexoneration in April.

PAUL HOUSE: Tennessee prosecutors dropped chargesagainst House, who served 22 years for capital murder,after DNA testing excluded him. The Innocence

PERSONFIGHTING FOR


AMONG OUR ONGOING CASES:

STEPHEN BROOKS: In response to an Innocence Projectmotion, a New Jersey judge ordered police to conducta more thorough search for Brooks’ biologicalevidence, which officials claim has been destroyed. The Innocence Project will request a similar search ofthe prosecutor’s office in 2010.

KENNETH REED: Despite the Innocence Project’s efforts,Baton Rouge prosecutors have repeatedly deniedReed’s requests for post-conviction DNA testing. The Louisiana Supreme Court is currently consideringthe request.

ANTHONY WRIGHT: Philadelphia prosecutors have refused to consent to DNA testing in Wright’s case for four years. The Innocence Project argued the casebefore the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in April andexpects a decision in 2010. Several key pieces ofbiological evidence could be tested at the InnocenceProject’s expense.

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OTHER NOTEWORTHY CASES:

DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 3RD JUDICIAL DIVISION V.WILLIAM OSBORNE:In March, the Innocence Project argued before theU.S. Supreme Court that William Osborne was entitledto post-conviction DNA testing. The Court erroneouslydenied testing to Osborne but found that people havesome constitutional rights to seek DNA testing that can prove innocence and that states must provideaccess to DNA evidence. The ruling will have a limitedimpact because few people seek DNA testing throughfederal courts.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK V. FERNANDO BERMUDEZ:The Innocence Project filed 14 friend-of-the-courtbriefs in state and federal courts in 2009. In its brief inthe Bermudez case, the Innocence Project argued thatoverwhelming evidence of eyewitness misidentificationpointed to Bermudez’s innocence. The court agreedand he was cleared after 17 years of wrongfulimprisonment.

Project worked closely with House’s attorneys on DNA-related issues and filed a friend-of-the-court briefabout the case at the U.S. Supreme Court. House wasofficially cleared in May.

ERNEST SONNIER: In August, the Innocence Projectsecured Sonnier’s freedom after DNA testing provedhis innocence of a 1985 rape. Misleading forensictestimony and an eyewitness misidentificationcontributed to his wrongful conviction. Sonnier awaitsthe state documents that will mark his officialexoneration.

RALPH ARMSTRONG: Murder and rape charges weredismissed against Armstrong in August, over four years after the Innocence Project helped obtain DNAtesting that excluded him. Prosecutors, who concealedadditional evidence of Armstrong’s innocence, finallydropped the case after the prosecutorial misconductcame to light.

THE COMING YEAR BRINGS NEW BEGINNINGS FOR EXONERATED INNOCENCE PROJECT CLIENTS LIKE FREDDIEPEACOCK, CENTER, WHO RECENTLY BECAME THE 250TH PERSON EXONERATED THROUGH DNA TESTING INTHE UNITED STATES. HE IS SHOWN HERE ON HIS EXONERATION DAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010, WITH HISINNOCENCE PROJECT ATTORNEYS, CO-DIRECTOR PETER NEUFELD AND STAFF ATTORNEY OLGA AKSELROD.

A CRIMINALSYSTEM

TEXAS EXONEREES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS JOIN INNOCENCE PROJECT BOARD CHAIRAND TEXAS STATE SENATOR RODNEY ELLIS IN CALLING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ATAN AUSTIN NEWS CONFERENCE IN MARCH 2009.

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By studying DNA exoneration cases, the InnocenceProject identifies the common causes of wrongfulconviction and develops reforms with police,prosecutors, defense attorneys, social scientists andlawmakers. Since the Innocence Project’s founding in1992, public attitudes toward criminal justice reformhave changed dramatically, and, with the help of ourcoalition partners, public policy has changed as well.

In 2009, the Innocence Project testified, consulted with lawmakers or provided support materials for 62innocence-related bills in over 35 states, and 16 ofthose bills became law. Reforms addressed the majorcauses of wrongful conviction including eyewitnessmisidentification, unvalidated or improper forensicscience, and false confessions. These new laws willprevent an untold number of wrongful convictions and assist in the apprehension of real perpetrators for years to come.

Other reforms help end the nightmare of wrongfulconviction for innocent prisoners by increasing their

access to post-conviction DNA testing and ensuring thattheir biological evidence will be properly preserved. In1992, these laws were mostly nonexistent. Today, all but three states have DNA access laws and about halfhave provisions for the preservation of evidence. TheInnocence Project’s legislative work touches the lives of innocent prisoners and their families, while at thesame time improving the criminal justice system forfuture generations.

AMONG THE INNOCENCE PROJECT’S MAJORPOLICY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2009:

EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION: A growing number ofjurisdictions nationwide are voluntarily adopting reformsto police line-up procedures, including the Dallas PoliceDepartment. An Innocence Project report released inJuly 2009 titled “Reevaluating Lineups,” identifies theproblems with identification procedures and outlinesthe scientific argument for reform. Eyewitnessmisidentification is the leading cause of wrongfulconvictions later overturned through DNA testing.

JUSTICEWORTH FIXING


FORENSIC OVERSIGHT: In response to a National Academyof Sciences (NAS) report that identified systemicproblems in the field of forensic sciences, theInnocence Project established a multidimensionalcampaign to push for implementation of the principalrecommendation outlined in the report – the creationof an independent federal agency to support andoversee forensic science practices throughout thecountry. Leaders from all aspects of the criminal justice system have publicly supported the cause through a coalition spearheaded by the Innocence Project. Also, members of Congress are considering the NAS’srecommendations in the wake of Innocence ProjectCo-Director Peter Neufeld’s testimony before twocongressional judiciary committees.

DNA ACCESS/EVIDENCE PRESERVATION: Each year, theInnocence Project works to increase prisoners’ accessto post-conviction DNA testing. In 2009, South Dakota,Mississippi and Alabama became the 45th, 46th and47th states, respectively, to adopt a DNA access statute.DNA access laws often include a provision for thepreservation of biological evidence, which is of equallycritical importance to a prisoner’s ability to prove hisinnocence. In 2009, six states passed evidencepreservation statues.

FALSE CONFESSIONS: Arkansas, Montana and Oregonpassed mandatory recording of interrogations laws in 2009. Electronically recording interrogations helps prevent wrongful convictions caused by falseconfessions and also protects law enforcement againstallegations of coercion. Sixteen states and the Districtof Columbia now require recording interrogations, and over 500 jurisdictions have voluntarily adoptedrecording practices.

INNOCENCE COMMISSIONS: The Innocence Projectadvocates for the creation of “Innocence Commissions”in every state. Made up of stakeholders throughout the criminal justice system, Innocence Commissionsinvestigate the causes of wrongful convictions andpropose state-appropriate remedies. Eight InnocenceCommissions have been formed across the country,with two new commissions established this year: TheJustice Task Force in New York and the Timothy ColeAdvisory Panel on Wrongful Conviction in Texas. Bothstates lead the nation in the number of wrongfulconvictions later overturned through DNA testing.

A C R I M I N A L J U S T I C E S Y S T E M W O R T H F I X I N G


LOUISIANA EXONEREE RICKIE JOHNSON SPEAKS TO STUDENTS AT LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN FAIRFAXCOUNTY, VIRGINIA, ABOUT HOW DNA TESTING PROVED HIS INNOCENCE AFTER 25 YEARS OF WRONGFULIMPRISONMENT. THE STUDENTS WERE STUDYING THE RIGHT OF PRISONERS TO ACCESS POST-CONVICTIONDNA TESTING AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL “CASE DAY.”

DEAN CAGE AND HIS FIANCÉE, JEWEL MITCHELL, REUNITE AFTER CAGE’S RELEASE FROM PRISON ANDEXONERATION. AFTER 14 YEARS, THEY ARE FINALLY ABLE TO BEGIN PLANNING THEIR WEDDING AND FUTURE TOGETHER.

A FUTURE


On average, a person exonerated through DNA testinghas spent 13 years in prison. After 13 years behind bars,these exonerated men and women are released into a new world. They face a new set of challenges, andnothing is commonplace – from getting a driver’slicense to finding a place to live to reuniting withfamily again. The Innocence Project’s advocacy for our clients doesn’t end with exoneration. Social workservices begin months before release and continue foryears – or as long as the exoneree needs our support.

In 2009, the Innocence Project provided pre-releaseand post-release services to 36 social work clients in 16 states. Depending on the exoneree’s unique needs,these services may include help finding stable housing,securing health care, or applying for governmentprograms like food stamps or supplemental securityincome. The Innocence Project’s Exoneree Fundprovides financial assistance for exonerees’ immediate

and transitional reentry needs like food, clothing andtransportation.

The Innocence Project also works to create programsand laws nationwide that help the wrongfully convictedget back on their feet. Many exonerees partner with usto testify in state legislatures nationwide to advocate forcompensation laws. This year, the Innocence Projectand its partners helped pass or improve compensationlaws in three states.

With a helping hand, the wrongfully convicted canmake the transition from life behind bars to life in thefree world. The Innocence Project is there to anticipatetheir problems and offer the support they need – sothat exonerees can focus on celebrating their successes,spending time with family and friends, and building abrighter future.

WORTH BUILDING


The Innocence Project provides pro bono post-conviction legal assistance to the most marginalized ofclients – wrongfully imprisoned men and women whoare often impoverished (or struggling after years oflegal fees), and running out of resources. TheInnocence Project means hope for these innocentprisoners.

About half of the Innocence Project’s contributionscome from individuals and foundations. Anothersignificant source of support comes in the form ofdonated services; partnering attorneys from some ofthe nation’s leading law firms provide additional probono assistance for Innocence Project clients.

Innocence Project supporters, who come from all overthe country and from all walks of life, share our passionfor justice. Hand-in-hand, we free the innocent, reformthe criminal justice system and protect the rights of theexonerated. It is an ambitious task, and the work is farfrom over.

But in the midst of the struggle, a sense of communitydevelops among supporters, exonerees, attorneys andothers involved in this work. Each year, our goalsbecome more attainable, urgently needed reformsbecome law, innocent prisoners are freed, and ourcommunity grows.

SUPPORTINGAN EFFORT WORTH

SCOTT FAPPIANO, EXONERATED THROUGH DNA TESTING IN 2006, SHARES HIS STORY WITH INNOCENCE PROJECT SUPPORTERS AT A HOUSE PARTY HOSTED BY THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS’ COMMITTEE IN JANUARY.


FINANCIAL

FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2008 – JUNE 30, 2009

INFORMATIONINCOMEFoundations $2,127,585Individuals 2,313,645Corporations 101,828Donated Services 6,270,354Events 935,596Investment Income 34,086Board Designated Reserve Fund 299,044

$12,082,138

EXPENSESProgram Services $10,226,060Management & General 1,087,848Fundraising 768,230

$12,082,138

Net Revenue $0Fund Balance July 1, 2008 $1,128,254Fund Balance June 30, 2009 $1,128,254

FOUNDATIONS 18%

INDIVIDUALS 19%

EVENTS 8%

OTHER 3%

DONATED SERVICES 52%

FUNDRAISING 6%

MANAGEMENT & GENERAL 9%

PROGRAM SERVICES 85%


INNOCENCE PROJECT

$100,000+Ammon FoundationLaura and John Arnold FoundationBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,

Yeshiva UniversityGrousbeck Family FoundationJEHT FoundationPeter B. LewisOpen Society InstituteFrank P. and Denise QuattroneThe Starr Foundation

$50,000 TO $99,999Anonymous (2)Jason and Wendy FlomArlene and Arnold Goldstein Family

FoundationRenee and John GrishamThe Honorable and

Mrs. Earle I. MackThe Mousetrap FoundationJeff Roberts and Alicia FukunagaThe Estate of Jane VillonAlan G. and Elaine WeilerWorking Title Films

$25,000 TO $49,999A&E Television NetworksAnonymous (2)David & Minnie Berk FoundationLouise & Arde Bulova FundW.P. Carey Foundation Inc.Thomas CooperGordon and Karen DuGanEstate of James E. FlemingFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &

Jacobson LLPSherry and Leo Frumkin

Listwin Family FoundationMacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.Mayer Brown LLPMoët HennessyThe John and Wendy Neu

FoundationThe Overbrook FoundationRonald ParlatoThe Raiff FoundationWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

$10,000 TO $24,999Pasco and Christine AlfaroDr. Noelie AlitoAnonymous (3)Frances & Benjamin Benenson

FoundationBulova Gale FoundationFrederick V. Davis TrustDubin Research and ConsultingMitzi & Warren Eisenberg Family

FoundationJay W. Eisenhofer Family FoundationSusan and Leonard Feinstein

FoundationDora L. Foster TrustFunding ExchangeIna and Jeffrey GartenThe Glassy Family FundBobbie E. Gottlieb and Alan MarcusJeffrey and Paula GuralC. Lee HazerHyde & Swigart/Law Offices of

Douglas CampionThe Kanbar Charitable TrustThe Wilma and Howard Kaye

Charitable Fund

Charles Lawrence Keith and ClaraMiller Foundation

John Langan and Judith NadellThe Ruth and David Levine

Charitable Gift FundIan Maxtone-GrahamHelen & William Mazer FoundationJames R. McGraw, Katy Karlovitz and

Dana Von HeeMellen Foundation, Inc.Milberg LLPThe Leo Model FoundationDoug MorrisMatt MullenwegNeufeld, Scheck and Brustin LLPNews Corporation FoundationWilliam O. Perkins, III and

Stephanie PerkinsRebel Waltz, Inc.Matthew Rothman and Nancy KatzThe Shelley & Donald Rubin

FoundationSheila SaltielWilliam and Jane Schloss Family

FoundationMargaret Cook Schulte and Stephen

SchulteSchulte Roth & Zabel, LLPDaniel Shuchman and Lori Ellen

Lesser, Esq.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &

Flom LLPSony Pictures EntertainmentSwartz Family Foundation in honor

of Mark SwartzAndrew H. and Dorothy TananbaumJack and Kristalina TaylorTrans-Siberian Orchestra, Inc.

THE INNOCENCEPROJECT THANKS OUR GENEROUSSUPPORTERS ANDREGRETS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SPACETO LIST THEM ALL.

H. van Ameringen FoundationJosh Wachs and Molly LevinsonWinston & Strawn LLPMarc and Pamela Zboch

$5,000 TO $9,999Adele Bernhard and Peter J. NeufeldThe Arnold & Jeanne Bernstein

FundBoies, Schiller & Flexner LLPRobert T. and Paula S. ButlerRichard and Lisa CashinAdam ChaseCherry Lane Music Publishing

CompanyCity College 21st Century

Foundation, Inc.Maddy deLone and Bobby CohenDickstein Shapiro LLPDonald DrapkinThe Elias FoundationEmery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady

LLPAbraham Fuchsberg Family

Foundation, Inc.The Gage FundThomas Gallagher and Alice JarchoKathryn O. and Alan C. Greenberg

in honor of Barry ScheckHachette Book Group in memory of

Dennis M. DalrympleSamuel J. Holtzman Family

FoundationWilliam L. JacobsBob Kagan and Paula Sunshine Arthur and Ruth KohnKramer Levin Naftalis &

Frankel LLP

SUPPORTERSFISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2008 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2009


KrollIra N. Langsan & Lillian Langsan

Philanthropic FundLankler Siffert & Wohl LLPSandra LeeGary LippmanLVMH Moët Hennessy Louis VuittonMAH Foundation, Inc.Mistral Equity PartnersMichael W. Mitchell, Esq. in honor

of Jason FlomPaul and Sandra MontroneMoors C. MyersNavigant Consulting Inc.Colette NewmanReed Smith LLPPeter B. ReynoldsDorothy Rick and Barry C. ScheckPhilip W. Riskin Charitable

FoundationDr. Steve Safyer and Dr. Paula

MarcusEric F. Saltzman and Victoria

MunroeMarjorie F. SchulteEric SchwartzGerry ShargelHerbert J. and Ann L. Siegel in

honor of Jason FlomSirus FundAlexandra Stanton and Sam

NatapoffMichael A. and Louise StockerSullivan & Cromwell LLPDouglas TiffanyUniversal Music GroupVital Spark FoundationRachel Lee WarrenStacey Gillis Weber and Jeffrey A.

WeberWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLPWilmerHaleSelig Zises

$2,500 TO $4,999The Kenneth Aidekman Family

FoundationBruce AzusStephen and Thea M. BellWilliam J. and Rita L. BenderMr. and Mrs. BodwellWillard B. BrownThe Brownington FoundationElisa E. Burns, MDSheana W. Butler, BCW Trust IIISanford M. Cohen, Esq.

Community Church of New YorkUnitarian Universalist

Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLPDenison Family FoundationThe Honorable Rodney Ellis and

Licia Green-EllisRobert A. Friedman and Anita

DavidsonGilbert B. FriesenLoraine F. Gardner and Daniel

DolginTimothy R. and Kimberly C.

GartlandBernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel

FoundationSteve and Stephanie GottliebMr. and Mrs. Bruce GuthartDr. Paul HartunianHirtenstein Family FoundationRichard and Alice P. HowardHycliff FoundationPeter D. IsakoffJoseph and Michelle JacobsRobert Wood Johnson FoundationFannie B.H. Jones Charitable Lead

UnitrustLambert King, MD in honor of Dr.

Bobby CohenMark and Anla KingdonThe Lander FamilyWilliam Lehrer Charitable FundRob LevineRand and Petrina LevyDouglas Eric LimanGary E. and Janice LongDavid and Frances MageeAnn MandelbaumJohn A. Marshall, CPA in honor of

the exoneratedMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramM. D. MillerStephen T. MilliganJennifer and David MillstoneNew York Society for Ethical CultureKevin L. PalmerSteven Alan ReissRobert R. RobinsonScudder Family FoundationShowtime Networks Inc.Carol H. TolanKay and Rod W. TylerViacom Inc.Irwin H. Warren, Esq.Francis H. WilliamsJames K. and Shirley D. WilliamsWilliams & Connolly LLP

$1,000 TO $2,499A Soldier of God, JimmyMarcus AldredgeJoe AllenJoseph S. AllerhandAlston & Bird, LLPJeffrey AltshulerDevon D. Archer and Dr. Krista

Ammirati ArcherAttias Fund of the Liberty Hill

FoundationTracy L. AustinChristopher and Paris BarclayDouglas BarzelayBaskes Family FoundationDaniel BaumolRick BealeJohn BenisAmy BensingerDr. Carol Bernstein and Dr. Arthur

MeyersonLowell and April BlankfortDavid BoettgerDavid M. Bogard in honor of Ethan

BogardRonald and Phyllis BourgoisBP Fabric of America Inc.Vernon BroderickMichael BromwichJohn Broude and Judy RosenblumMarcia E. BrownMary J. BundyHelen Keeler Burke Charitable

FoundationDr. and Mrs. Steven and Barbara A.

BurrallBruce and Bettina S. BuschelBill and Shirley CampbellAmerico CascellaLeopold J. Charney and Carina

YervasiDavid and Julie ChernowChiuchiarelli Family FoundationClayman & RosenbergSean Coffey, Esq.Dr. Mardge H. Cohen and Dr.

Gordon SchiffManny & Ruthy Cohen FoundationMichael J. CohnComix New York in memory of

Mitch HedbergMark and Lucy CornellEverett R. Cowen Charitable TrustDiane Crookham-JohnsonGreg A. DanilowLucy and Mike Danziger

Mark J. Decesaris in honor ofGordon F. DuGan, Esq.

Matthew and Elizabeth DeebBen Denckla and Sarah ReberDr. John DiLibertiSherri DiMarcoStephen J. Doig and Marion E. Cass

in honor of Professor JamesonDoig

Alain DougnagloDRA Advisors LLCMr. and Mrs. Daniel EaganKathryn E. EpsteinLonnie ErbyPhil ErnstThe Eshe FundDennis EspositoRaudline EtienneHerald Price FahringerFamous FamigliaJames FarleyMichael Feldberg and Ruth LazarusFindlay Family FoundationBruce FogelWayne ForteJulia Foster and David BatesFoundation For Criminal JusticeElizabeth Frame and Christopher

EllisonKim FranceMichael Frank, MD and Patricia A.

SnyderSeth FreemanThomas C. FrongilloFross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu, PCGair, Gair, Conason, Steigman &

MackaufDallas L. GarbeeGlenn A. Garber, Esq.Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Matching GiftsNeil H. and Elise GetzJohn GibsonGideon GilMark GimbelThe Glickenhaus FoundationJonathan GoldbergPeter Goldman, Esq.Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLPGoogle Matching Gifts The Gottesman Fund in honor of

Jason FlomTom and Jill GottliebMelanie GrayMiriam B. GreenbergerShari Greenleaf and Ted Seides

The Innocence Project HostsBriefings for Supporters

In 2009, the Innocence Project began hosting regular donor briefings to update supporters on the latest news anddevelopments in our work. Two briefings, in September andDecember, were held at the Innocence Project’s New York office and focused on recent casework and legislative reforms. In addition, a gathering was recently hosted by The OverbrookFoundation for leaders of the philanthropic community. Speakersat the briefings have included Executive Director Maddy deLoneand exonerees Steven Barnes, Barry Gibbs and Alan Newton.Supporters, and those wishing to find out more about the Innocence Project, are welcome to attend. Please [email protected] to find out the date of the next event.


Allen and Deborah GrubmanHank and Karoly GutmanKim HaglundThe Hall FoundationHammond Family FoundationElizabeth Hargrave and Matthew

CohenGerard E. HarperBen P. and Laura HarrisThe William H. & Mattie W. Harris

FoundationJames K. HarveyBertie Margaret HeinerJohn and Margaret HerkeSam* and Ronnie Heyman Jeremy Hockenstein and Joanna

SamuelsRuth M. HollandMark IgerChristopher JohnsonAnna Josenhans and Greg HaydenJess JosephKaiserman FoundationDr. and Mrs. Gary and Amy KalkutMorris and Janet KaplanPatt KarrIra Stephen KayDennis KeithMichael and Eleanora KennedyKennedy Johnson Gallagher LLC Patricia KleesThe Klion Springwater Cover Family

Foundation, Inc.Jan KorbelinTom and Barbara KornreichVictor A. and Sarah KovnerChris Kramer, DONancy KronheimElizabeth and Sol KuminEmily KunreutherWard La FleurAllison and Howard LandonDennis Lavinthal and Leonard BeerSan K.J. Lee and Jules BrassnerGerald B. Lefcourt, Esq.Burton LehmanLend A Hand FoundationRuth LevitanNina Levitin in honor of her

Bat MitzvahTina and Norman Levy in honor of

Marty TankleffKevin and Erika LongLowenstein Sandler PCMr. and Mrs. Peter MalkinRichard Mallinson

Mandel FoundationGene ManheimJill G. MatthewsRobert MatthewsJames MayoThe McClain Family FundRichmond McCoyCormac McEnery, Esq. and Mary Pat

ThorntonMilberg LLPRalph I. MillerMary W.T. and David MooreCynthia MoralesJames MorrowJoseph P. Nacchio and Anne M.

EskerFrederic and Francis NathanJim Neuberger and Helen Stambler

NeubergerMuriel NeufeldPaul NorderBernard NussbaumAugustus K. and Lisbeth R. OliverLily OliverKenneth M. and Pamela G. OlsonJoanne E. OsendarpJohn OttoShippen Page and Anne St. GoarPaler Foundation, Inc.Dr. Brian ParkJohn and Jessica ParkRita Hayworth PatrickDean Kenneth PattonDaniel A. PawsonDonald PedigoJosianne and Bill PenningtonMr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Perella in

honor of Jason FlomDavid PerlmanAndrei Perumal and Barbara Jean

PerumalTru PettigrewPhi Sigma LambdaRon PileJoseph D. PizzurroPLM FoundationJonathan D. and Ellen G. PolkesNicholas Polsky and Eve YohalemDale L. PonikvarRodger and Candy PopkinLeanne Press and Edward

HawthorneKaren Pritzker and Michael Vlock in

honor of Allison SchwartzJames W. QuinnDavid Rabin

Stephen A. RadinObrem CapitalR. Bruce RichJoshua RingMr. and Mrs. Clifton RobbinsSteve Robinson and Constance

Kaiserman Robinson Dr. John RockwellEric and Fran W. RosenfeldLaurence Ross and Amelia Caiola-

RossWarren Rubin and Bernice WollmanMorris and Dorothy Rubinoff

Foundation in memory of Dr.Morris, Dorothy and ElayneRubinoff

David Steven RudolfJohn K. Rudolph and Kathy GunstTammy Jo and Steven SandersBarbara A. Saurer and Charles B.

WhitePhilip Schatten in honor of Howard

KayeHoward SchoningerThe Schreiber Family Foundation,

Ellen W. McBrideReade SeligmannBob Shainheit and Laura BlancoHolly A. and Ralph ShapiraHannah ShollBruce and Jackie ShrevesLonnie C. SimmonsErin and Patrick SloaneEdwin SmithRobert C. and Jill W. SmithJeff Shepard Sohm and Marcy SohmPeter J. Solomon Family FoundationSony/ATV Publishing LLCWilliam G. and Maria SpearsRenato StabileJosh SteinerJudy and Michael SteinhardtSteve StuartSullivan & Cromwell LLPPaul SunshineAlan and Donna SwansonTravis SweatSy Syms FoundationMichael A. and Carla TernerThermodyne Engineering, Inc.Tom ToporVincent A. TrantoloTropical Transfer, Inc.Tru TVAnthony VenutiDonald Verger

Paul R. Verkuil, Esq. and Dr. JudithRodin

Douglas VetterAlan VinegradRahul and Kim VinnakotaPaul and Andreea VolosenThe Lynn Warshow Charitable FundJames WeilAdam WeissmanWhiteley and Nick WheelerSusan WhiteheadWilliam Morris AgencyJames K. Williams, Jr.Curt M. WilsonGaren John WintemuteColleen Winter-BrathwaiteWilliam WolcottBenjamin WolinskyChic Wolk and Kristin ZethrenTom and Clelia ZachariasConstance ZalkZegar Family Foundation

$500 TO $999William AhdritzPaul and Katherine AlbitzEsmond and Marsha AlleyneJustine Alston-PayneArchie Comic PublicationsFrank M. ArmadaIvan AxelrodShelley E. AzumbradoThomas P. BakersmithJorge BaldorTeri L. BarrJoshua BarrettBarrow Street IT Designs &

ApplicationAndrew and Elyse BarrowayKathleen BarthmaierDavid BartonC.B. and Marcia BassityVirginia Bayer and Robert Hirt in

honor of Zoe TananbaumBayless Law Firm, PLLCCharles D. and Jennifer P. BeelerJulian B. BellenghiElisabeth Benjamin and Daniel

CoughlinJim and Jessica BenjaminAllan H. and Nancy S. BernardCharles A. Bernheim and Rachel

Oestreicher BernheimSusan BernsteinBerthold, Tiano & O'DellAlexander Blenkinsopp

Father and Son Provide MajorSupport for the Innocence Project

Recording industry pioneer and Innocence Project Founding BoardMember Jason Flom shares a passion for the Innocence Projectwith his father. Joseph Flom provides instrumental pro bono legalsupport for the organization through the law firm of Skadden,Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, while the whole family providesfinancial support through the Joseph and Claire Flom Foundation.Independently, Jason Flom provides major philanthropic supportfor the Innocence Project, and has helped establish critical post-exoneration services for the recently released. Together, theFloms have distinguished themselves as extraordinary supportersof the Innocence Project and leaders in the national effort tooverturn and prevent wrongful convictions. “From the time thatwe were kids, my father instilled in us a sense of doing what’sright and helping people. He’s been supportive of all the charitywork that I do, but the Innocence Project is the cause that hereally took to heart,” Jason Flom says. The 2009 benefithonored Jason Flom for his leadership in building the InnocenceProject, and the 2010 benefit will honor Skadden, where JosephFlom is a founding partner.

JASON FLOM

*Passed away in 2009.


Bordas & BordasStephen and Kathleen BragaThe Barbara and Gary Brandt Family

FoundationElaine BrennanJames Brock and Liz WatsonNora M. BrusuelasBucci Bailey & JavinsDr. Don D. BuchwaldGregory BurkeBurke, Schultz, Harman & JenkinsonDr. Anthony BurrRobert F. Carangelo, Jr.Carey, Scott & Douglas, PLLCLouise Britt CarveyDr. Prasanna ChandrasekharMichael N. and Kristen S. ChessJudith L. ChiaraDavid ChidekelCharles E. and Dee A. ClaymanDavid CohenGerry CohenRebekah ColemanJerome CongressEarle CooleyFletcher CoppDr. Brian Currie

and Rosita Carey JuulArden J. Curry, IIIDiane CvetovichMark D'ArcyKathy DavisRichard W. DavisDebby M. DegnanMichael J Del GiudiceDental Health ProductsJeanne DillRudolph L. DitrapanoMichael and Francesca DonnerCynthia DonoghueIan Dumain and Bree SchonbrunSanford P. and Stacey DumainLester Eber/Eber CT Slocum & SonsDianne EberleinSheldon H. ElsenJames EpsteinExposure New York, Inc.FactSet Research Systems Inc.Fedway Associates, Inc.Harvey and Audrey Feuerstein in

honor of Ronnie & Sam Heyman,and their daughter JenniferMillstone

David A. and Gabrielle M. FitzgeraldMartha J. FleischmanFly Communications, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. FoightJason FoxEric FranzDon FriedmanHarold FriedmanPeter FrishaufRobert L. and LouAnn FromeDouglas Gaffin and Marielle

HoefnagelsJonathan GalavizMelissa GalorielTroy N. GiatrasMr. and Mrs. Peter GibergaRoberta Gilbert and Joseph BarronMax Gitter in honor of Joseph FlomRuth O. and Robert J. GlassAnil B. and Prema A. GogateMark GoldbergLawrence GoldenSteve GolobThe Honorable Emily Jane

GoodmanRobert C. Gottlieb, Attorney at LawColleen J. GrahamJoan GranlundStephen and Ruth GrantDr. Jacob Grayson and Pamela S.

JasperDr. David Gordon GreenbergThe Grubb Law GroupBruce A. HakeCaitlin J. HalliganHalo Foundation Inc.Hamilton, Burgess, Young & Pollard,

PLLCZev Handel and Ju NamkungJames HarkinsWilliam Leo Harper, Jr.Joanne HarrasHarvit & Schwartz, LCTracey Haynes-ParkerSasha and Chris HeinzDr. Wendy Greene Helms and Russ

HelmsWayne and Kathleen HepburnPaul and Melissa Hewett-MarxGrant HicksHoffinger Stern & Ross LLP Frank HolozubiecAdam and Susanna HoltJohn HoustonHP Company FoundationThomas J. Hurney, Jr.Robert Hurwitz in honor of Jason

Flom

Andrew Hyman in honor of Molly Chrein

Aretha JacksonJackson Kelly PLLCJam Productions, Ltd.Evan A. Jenness in honor of Barry

Tarlow, Esq.Nathan JohnsonDr. Norma J. Johnson and Allen Ross

JohnsonNancy JordanJames JubakFloy KaminskiJohn and Suzanne KannarrSheldon KatzThe Robert and Florence Kaufman

Foundation Inc. in honor ofDerek Iger

Herbert J. Kayden, MD andGabrielle H. Reem, MD

Drs. T. F. and I.W. KelleyMichael T. KellyJim and Nina KingsdaleLarry KrantzMark and Peggy KurlandBarry and Jill LaferJoel Edward LambStephen LangdonLeslie LansmanAndrew S. LeeDavid LenderAllan J. LenznerGene LePereShannon Lepore and Thomas James

LeporeJeffrey Lewis and Barbara Joan Tiger

BassLaura Visitacion-LewisMichelle LightMichiel LigthartDelbert LipscombPeter J. LobertTaino A. LopezPhoebe Santillana LoveDouglas K. and Jessie MacDonaldBilly MannJohn Manulis and Liz HellerAlexander MargoliesJesse and Toni MargolinGayle MarieThe Marlot FoundationScott MarshallElizabeth MartMichael Martin, Attorney At LawJohn Martinez

The Honorable and Mrs. Gary F. andMonique R. Marton

Stephen MaslonkaChris MastersThe Masters Law Firm LCJames E. and Barbara B. McCauleyWynn McCloskeyDeborah McHenryJosephine Merck and James

StevensonMetro Sales IncorporatedPaul MetselaarBill and Melodee MetzgerJay MilitscherKala Mohandas in honor of the

wedding of Veena Mohandoss andNeil Reddy

Howard P. and Lorraine MoodyMark D. Moreland, L.C.Hadassah Brooks Morgan and

Thomas MorganAlan and Anne MorrisonJudith MunzigBryan and Catherine MurrayJohn A. NeuwirthSteve NewNew York Society for Ethical Culture

in honor of the Innocence ProjectNewman & SchwartzTho Thi Nguyen and Anh M. TranNJ IAIGermaine and Greg O'Donnell in

memory of Barefoot SandersMichele OpheimOutten & Golden LLPOwenoke FoundationBryant PageDr. Cary PageMargaret E. ParkerAlbert M. Pearson, IIINicholas L. PellRoland PeraltaEleanor Jackson PielGlenn M. PomcrantzMichael PoppoPowell and Majestro, PLLCManuel QuintanaNatasha Radic in memory of

Sally RadicDoreen RaineyHarland RanneySylvia M. RhonePaul RichThe Riverside ChurchDavid W. and Nancy A. RobertsJaimison Roberts

Small Individual Donations Make aBig Impact in 2009

Individual contributions of $200 or less totaled over $200,000in support for the Innocence Project this year. These 4,000individual supporters made a big impact on Innocence Projectprograms and operations – paying for DNA testing, legalservices, legislative efforts and more. Some supporters doubledor tripled their contributions by spreading the word about theorganization to friends, neighbors, co-workers and familymembers. John Levin of New York City advised guests at his50th birthday party to forego presents and donate to theInnocence Project instead. “When I sent out the invitation I said, I don’t need anything, and I’d prefer that people just give to the Innocence Project because they’re doing great work. Some of our guests were already very familiar with theInnocence Project. Others said, wow, really interesting and then went and researched it.” Innocence Project supporters can also donate on the website or through an online fundraisingcampaign. See www.innocenceproject.org/donate for moreinformation about giving online.


Nancy RobertsMichael RobinsonMichael J. RomanoRomano Law OfficeJeffrey RoseDavid RosenthalStephen RosenthalRichard RothmanRoyce Carlton, Inc.Benjamin RubinHoward and Matilda RubinDoris SablicPeter SafirsteinJosh Sapan and Ann FoleyCarlo SarmientoStephen J. Schulhofer and Laurie

WohlAnthony M. and Elizabeth SchulteSusan Schulte and Kurt SchneiderVictor Schuster and Sandra MasurJoshua M. Segal and Jennifer S.

GeetterThe Segal Law FirmBrenda SeidelPhilip and Kathy SeligmannDr. Peter SelwynJeff SettumConstance Shapiro in memory of

Robert ShapiroChris F. and Madaline W. ShearerEmily SilvermanLewis E. SilvermanMarc and Ellen SimonEileen F. SkinnerRichard W. SlackLinda SlamonGregory SliszAnthony McClain SmithAndrew SolomonWilliam G. Soltis, Jr.John B. StrasburgerEddie and Rebecca SugarAriana TadlerGail TanzerHowell L.T.D. TaylorSteven G. and Carol M. TepperDr. Bhupendra M. Tolia in honor of

the wedding of Veena Mohandossand Neil Reddy

Jéne O'Keefe Trigg, Pro-MediaCommunications

Raymond S. Troubh in honor ofJason Flom

Richard ValerianiEzekiel Vanderhoek and Stephanie

Green

Brian Vaughan and Ruth McKeeWarner Law OfficesTannis WatkinsSam WeberAdrienne WeisbartDr. and Mrs. Jeffey and Ilene WeissEllen W. WeldonDefense Trial Counsel of West

VirginiaJennifer N. WhiteKate WhiteMorris WhitisElizabeth and David WinterDonald and Connie WintersGeorge Woods, MDRaymond H. YackelWilliam D. and Amy YatesWilliam Zangwill, PhDDavid ZetoRoger and Leesa Zissu

$200 TO $499AARP Matching Gifts ProgramWilliam M. Abrams and Julie

SalamonAdult Learning CenterAnurag AgarwalEric and Marie-Jose AlbertStewart AlterElizabeth AltonNick AmbroseDavid L. AndersonRebecca AniksteinDaniel N. Arshack, Esq.Hilarie AshtonCindy AsnerVirginia P. AtkinsEloise and Justin MuzinichAline BaeckMark M. Baker, Esq.Gary R. BaldwinAdam BambergerTori L. BarlingMeredith BarnettDiana BaronJesse BartleyDr. James BasneyRobert M. Bastress and Barbara E.

FleischauerWilliam R. BeckerJulia F. BellMichael G. BellTarita BenzoniBruce BergAlex J. BerkettSteven Bernhaut

W. A. Birdsall & CompanyJonathan Birkhahn and Alexis

BrosenKathleen and John W. BlackKimberly BlanchardMeredith BlankBenjamin M. BlockPark Avenue Medical Data Systems

LLCWallis BlummLynn M. BodkinJames BoginJoyce BolanderG. Gordon and Claudia C.

BonnymanCaitlin E. BorgmannStephen R. and Jane BourneRobert Bourque and Katherine

StatonJoseph BradyJames and Mary BreitlowBristol-Myers Squibb, Company

Matching ProgramDavid M. BrodmanDavid M. Brodsky, Esq.Brogan Tennyson Group, Inc.Kent A. BronsonCharles Allen BroomfieldNatalie BrouwerThe BrownsMiriam BuhlDr. JoAnne Burger and Professor

Michael CaplanValentin BurlacuDale BurwenLisa Opoku BusumbruJanine CarendiJennifer CarlsonGeorge CastelleEleanor CecilBrandey ChandlerTony ChaskelsonMr. and Mrs. Bertram Chinn in

honor of Robert and DeborahChalfin Family

Christ House-Spiritual Life AccountCorrie ChristopherR. S. ClappisonJ. Gregory ClareJohn and Susan ClarkeChristopher G. ClauticeWilliam L. Clay, IIILawrence ClearyThe Clorox Company FoundationJames M. ColeCarol Coles

James CollinsJennifer ColyerEllen ConnortonConvioLarry N. CooleyWilliam CoplinCorporate Fuel Partners LLCSteven G. CortwrightRosanne Cosentino and Bronislaw

PytowskiJennifer and Chris CoynePeter M. CurrieRomin CurrierReginald DanielPamela DanielsDebora de Hoyos and Walter

CarlsonAdam DellSarah deLoneTad DeOrioZooey DeschanelAnne DeSimoneDeutsche Bank Americas FoundationPaul J. Devlin, Jr.Barry and Judith DichterAlison A. DieterColleen DixonMark Anthony DonaghyRichard DonovanNancy DorfmanWilliam C. DowneyElissa and Justin DoyleJordan A. Drachman and Efrat

ZalishnickAllison DresslerKelly DriscollMargaret DruryRoger Duhl in memory of Martin

BresslerPaul DutkaMeeghan Prunty EdelsteinSarah Eilers and Jon CohenJames and Kimberley S. ElliottClaire EllisAshley EllisonNick EnglishTom ErberDave EvansMichael FaccioliKatayoun FalakshahiJack and Reva FalkJudith FallonPaul FalstadMr. and Mrs. Robert FergusonMary FerrerHenri Fink

Young Professionals’ CommitteeRaises $75,000 for the InnocenceProject in 2009

Now in its third year, the Young Professionals’ Committee hasquickly developed into a major source of support for theInnocence Project. The group of emerging leaders in law, financeand the arts raises money and awareness about the InnocenceProject. Recent fundraising events have included a house party atthe home of Jennifer and David Millstone, featuring exonereeScott Fappiano and Innocence Project Senior Staff Attorney NinaMorrison, and the annual fundraiser at Tenjune in New York City.Exoneree Marvin Anderson and Innocence Project Co-DirectorBarry Scheck spoke at the March event about the factorscontributing to Anderson’s wrongful conviction and how thepublic can get involved to help prevent future injustice.

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Collin FinnertyBen and Jenny FischbachHarvey FishbeinTheresa FlynnHarold Ford, Jr.Forex LiquidityRobert ForsterJoan and Rick FrancoliniDarryl FranklinJohn Frawley and Jane L. HagyJay FrederickHelen E. FreedmanAnne and Mike FreemanSeth Freeman in memory of

Timothy ColeJulie A. FronteraJon FrumAmanda FullerMaria GalisonAlexander GannJacob GarcowskiThomas A. Garson and Nancy

Bracken Garson in honor ofThomas and Michael Garson

Eleanor GeaseTrent Gegax and Samara MinkinJay GellmanLee GelmanDebra GerouxNaomi E. GeschwindBarry GittelsonSusan GlassmanJay GleacherSusan GlinesRichard Godosky, Esq.Julie GodsoeDebra GoertzJoe Goldenson and Ronnie JacobsDavid GoldmanAlexander F. Goldovich and Frances

A. CarfaroDoug and Deborah GoodmanL. C. GordonJanak Gordhan GoyaniKenneth and Connie GrahamPaul and Louise GreenbergIva Greenwald and Gary StruhlKristin GregoryCeleste Griffin-ChurchillDavid and Kremena GrossTuula GrossSuzanne GrossmanJane Griffin GruberAndrew GustinDaphna GutmanDaniel A. and Susan Gutterman

Allan P. Haber, Esq.Stuart Edmund HaglerJessica HahnFelicia HamiltonJeff Hamond and Mauri A. Ziff, PhDElizabeth HandSally-Ann HardRichard S. HargesheimerStephen M. and Debbie HarnikKenyon HarpBrooke HarveyBarbara HaskinsKenneth R. HayesRichard HaysSeth M. HendonDennis and Ann HenryJeff A. HerbersGreg HerschMarc HertzbergMel and Marie HertzigKim and Larry HeymanRonnie HeymanBarbara M. HicksGary HinzeJim Holland in honor of Eric D.

HollandDaniel K. HsiungThomas HughesJames HumphreysFrank HunterSusan C. HydeI Do FoundationIBM Employee Services CenterJuliann Rene IllescasNancy ImpastatoMarsha IndychMichael InglisInto the Blue LLCThomas IsaacsonLaura L. Israel and Barry W. ToscaRika Ito and Mike FlickerGary JacobsJanklow & Nesbit AssociatesJ. J. JaxonJohn A. and Barbara E. JohnsonEvan R. JonesLarry M. and Donnah M. JonesSheldon E. JonesPatricia JorgensonWilliam D. and Judith K. JoyceJames JustissRichard KahnNicholas Kahn-FogelErica Kalick and Bob SecristHarold KalishmanEugene Neal Kaplan

Joseph M. KaplanJudy KaplanKaplan & KatzbergPeter KarczmarBen Karlin in memory of Dennis M.

DalrympleJoan KaufmanRichard Keenan and Kathleen

McNamaraJosh KellerMr. and Mrs. Jerry Kent Spero KessarisBeverly J. KeysRobert and Jennifer KindermanDennis W. KinnanMarcella J. Klein and Richard

SchaefferDaniel S. KleinbergerDr. Nora KlepsAlexander KlipperKiplund KolkmeierMichael J. and Rachael KollmerAlphonse KolodziejczakFrank B. Konhaus and Ellen CassillyScott A. Korenbaum, Esq.Kraft Foods Matching Gifts FundOlivia KrausCary and Mary Anne KrenkCorinna KuhlEdna Kuhn, Esq.Alex KulcsarAlexandra L. KuminJayne KurzmanJared KushnerMaurice LabonneDallas L. and Jo LacyAlyse LaemmleEileen LairdInvestment Club at LAMP High

SchoolJohn J. LangsdorfEdward LapumaDavid LarkinJeffrey LarrisTamara LarsenMichelle LavoieBrian H. LeahyElizabeth LemersalJonathan P. LevinRichard L. LevineMarc Andrew LewinsteinLexis Nexis CaresJean LiberaRobert LightLitman & JacobsLes Little

Julie LivingstonEric R. LloydNena LockhartAbbe D. LowellLisa LutzKen LuymesLyons & SandersRobert C. MacCallumHeath MadomSachin and Payal MaheshwariMeaghan MahoneyEmily Mandelstam and Paul

EngelmayerCecil Hutcherson ManigaultJudy MannMarne ManoukianTerry A. MaroneyPearl Alice MarshMilo MartinJason MatsonAbby Maxman and Charles DanzollPaul MaxonJay P. Mayesh, Esq.Sarah McCabeLewis McCarthyDennis McCarvilleRebecca McCloskyBeverly McCoyStanton McCulloughMark McDermottBarbara McGinityYvonne McKayDon McKennanDennis E. McSwainLaw Office of Gordon MehlerCori and Brad Meltzer in memory of

Dennis M. DalrympleRichard C. MeneelyJohn MerrillGregory MeyerHoward and Abby MilsteinRobert MittmanBill and Marian MogulescuJennifer MondieHeather MoorheadYolanda MoorjaneyDr. Thomas MoormanJohn W. Morris, Esq.Michael P. Mossberg, PCKenneth MotzNancy and Ricky Mulvey in honor of

Rabbis Schulman, Kamrass &Baden

Frederick J. Murhammer and JudyM. Chesnutt

John Murphy

Musicians and Artists Support theInnocence Project

Artists and musicians lent their talents to support the InnocenceProject last year. As part of the charity action on their “BonTajRoulet Tour,” blues musicians Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal donateda portion of the proceeds from ticket sales to the InnocenceProject. In addition, the alternative “super-group” Monsters ofFolk raised money for the Innocence Project through ticket salesfor a recent performance at the United Palace in New York City.Both performances were an opportunity to engage thousands ofconcert-goers about the work of the Innocence Project.

Musicians and other creative artists (writers, directors, actors andvisual artists) have also contributed to the cause by joining theInnocence Project Artists’ Committee, which was formed in 2009.

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Kim M. MurphyPhilip MusicoJoshua A. NaftalisJulianne NasonAndy J. NathanNational Grid USA Service

Company, Inc.Frances C. NaussDenis NelthorpeNetwork for GoodDaniel NeuwirthClaire E. NilsonBeverly Norman-CooperAnthony J. and Nancy OdyJames M. Ohmart in memory of

Nancy TreaseFreida Joy OrangeKim Oriole in memory of Ron

WilliamsonJeffrey D. OstermanMark W. ParrishIssac S. Payne, IVDavid PeckhamAbigail PenzellLeonard and Ruth PerfidoBill Persky and Joanna PattonClarissa PetersonJim and Nancy PetroJohn PetroSusan PicardJill PittsDr. David PizzimentiPlay For Your CauseWilliam G. PolkKimberly PollakJon PopkeMatthew and Lindsay PostThomas C. and Margaret D. PostCharles PriceElissa ProcanickDaniel Feigal ProsserKenneth and Jo Carroll PulkkinenLauren RabinRichard and Michelle RaganJerome RaikJosh RalphJim RapsonFamily Trust RardenSteven D. Rauch in honor of Linda

Fang and Daniel DickmanMiguel Eduardo Rea FalconJames and Lauren RecordPatrick and Angie ReillyByron ReimusMarva RichardJames and Kathie Richmond

Ellen and Mitchell B. RickAndy Riebs and Maureen HoganJohn RobertsSamantha Hunt RobinsonMichael C. RodgersJanet RolleOren and Barbara RootNicki RoseAndrew A. RosenRobert RosenJeff RossWilliam RossDelilah R. RothenbergPhil Rubin in honor of Lauren

RubinStuart D. Rubin, Esq.Dan RuchGino M. and Catherine M. SabatiniEhud and Sara SadanMichelle SalemJames SchainuckDonald and Linda SchapiroAdam R. Schaye and Carolyn

Greenwald in honor of Sarah ColtNoah Dephoure

Miranda Saskia SchillerKate SchmeidlerDon SchrickerKai SchubAnn Schwartz in memory of Dennis

M. DalrympleJennifer SelbySelman Breitman LLPDennis SemenzaKen and Deanna S. SeniorSercarz & Riopelle LLPAlexis SermierEdward Sermier in honor of Alexis

SermierMichael R. ShannonFrank X. ShawJames SheaBridget SiegelDelores J. SimmonsDan SimonM.G. SimondsTalbott SimondsHeidi SinclairSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &

Flom LLP in honor of Aaron FischWhitney SkibellBarbara J. SkochilCarole SkolnickBryon SlattenHarvey and Kathy SloaneJane Simkin Smith

Jessica B. SmithJoshua and Catherine SmithKevin SmithNancy K. SmithRandolph SmithSteven M. Smith and Sandra L.

DeSmithMikie L. SnellBruce A. SnyderChehie Songstad in honor of Jake

ElwoodChris SpearAndrew D. Sprung and Cynthia

GaleotaMichelle St. JohnSusan StaffordDonna StarkThe Stecher Family FoundationKen Stephens and Cheryl HechtBrooke StevensRobert and Helene StoneSherrie StoneCraig StuartRose and Christopher StuartSara StultsSusan Davis StumppMandy Tagger-BrockeyTalent Unlimited High School in

honor of all exonerees and theinnocent still on death row

Zoe TananbaumMr. and Mrs. John TashmanElinor TatumMichael ThompsonPeter TilkinRichard and Jaqueline TrezzaBrad TuckerUBSJill van BergJohn Van Epps and Elizabeth

EvermannConstance V. VecchioneJonathan Wagner and Jocelyn

PattnerBill WallaceMatt WallaceMay WangJoan M. WarburgMatthew WardSusan Bohon Warnes and Tom

WarnesDaniel M. WasserPhyllis WatsonKevin Weber

Stacey Gillis Weber and Jeffrey A.Weber in honor of Jon Thier's50th Birthday

Dotan Weinman and Beth PackmanWeinman

Edward H. WeisWeissman Family FoundationThomas WerstoDonald WertheimerSarah WertheimerCatherine WhiteEric WhitlowArthur J. and Anne F. WichmanJudith WiesbergAllen and Beth WilliamsGarry WilliamsCurtis Wilson, Jr.Kenneth I. Wirfel, Esq.Jeremy WiseDavid WittigHenry J. WolfingerPatty Woo and Steve PoretzkyJeffrey S. and Gro V. WoodRobert A. WrazenAlbert C. WrightMr. and Mrs. Ralph WymanKen YagodaFrank YanceyMildred J. YearbyChristopher YoungKatrina YoungGabriel ZimmermanDeborah ZuckermanJulia ZuckermanDaan Zwick

Committee members support the Innocence Project in a varietyof ways, from hosting fundraisers to speaking publicly about thecause. Following are the members of the committee:

Joan Baez, Bob Balaban, Paris Barclay, Blue Man Group, AmyBrenneman, James Bundy, Stephen Colbert, Judy Collins, ZooeyDeschanel, Dave Eggers, Eve Ensler, Nora Ephron, Jules Feifferand Jenny Allen, James Gandolfini, John Grisham, CharlesGrodin, Taylor Hackford, Dexter Holland, Gale Anne Hurd, NiaLong, Frances McDormand and Joel Coen, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, Helen Mirren, Matthew Modine, Yoko Ono, SarahJessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, Aidan Quinn, TrentReznor, Susan Sarandon, Taryn Simon, John Singleton, MorganSpurlock, and Debra Winger and Arliss Howard.

HELEN MIRREN PARIS BARCLAY

STEPHEN COLBERT ZOOEY DESCHANEL


AN INFRASTRUCTURE WORTH BUILDING

– SENATOR RODNEY ELLIS, BOARD CHAIRMADDY DELONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Turning the vision of freeing the innocent andsubstantially improving the criminal justice system intoa reality is no small task. It doesn’t happen easily orquickly, and it can’t happen without the infrastructureto reach many kinds of people in all 50 states.

In 2004, after 12 years as a clinic at Cardozo School ofLaw, the Innocence Project became an independentnonprofit organization (still affiliated with Cardozo) inorder to expand our capacity for litigation and policyreform. Since then, our staff has grown from seven to50, and we have quickly built an institution that iscapable of vetting thousands of cases a year andshaping laws and policies in every part of the country.

We have also worked with partners across the country –and around the world – to strengthen the InnocenceNetwork, which is a critical part of the infrastructurefor expanding this work. An affiliation of organizationsdedicated to overturning wrongful convictions andimproving the justice system, the Innocence Networknow has 55 member organizations (46 of them in theUnited States).

While organizations in the Innocence Network operateindependently, we coordinate closely on litigation and

policy reform efforts. The Innocence Project investssubstantial time and resources in strengthening thenetwork to engage more talented and committedattorneys, advocates and students in wrongfulconviction cases and criminal justice reforms.

In 2009, we also made tremendous progress tappinginto existing structures to train and support peoplewho work in the criminal justice field. We helpedorganize networks of attorneys who deal witheyewitness identification issues and professionals in the forensic field, which gives us the ability to shareinformation and improve practices “on the ground.” At the same time, we’re working with associations ofdefense attorneys, prosecutors, police and judges tohelp them understand how wrongful convictionshappen – and how they can help prevent them.

Our efforts to build strong infrastructures will helpwrongfully convicted people prove their innocence –and help improve our criminal justice system – foryears and decades to come. It is a long-term investmentthat wouldn’t be possible without your support.


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The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo

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over 250 people in the United States have been exonerated by DNA testing, including 17 who served time on death

row. These people served an average of 13 years in prison before exoneration and release. The Innocence Project’s

full-time staff attorneys and Cardozo clinic students provided direct representation or critical assistance in most of

these cases. The Innocence Project’s groundbreaking use of DNA technology to free innocent people has provided

irrefutable proof that wrongful convictions are not isolated or rare events but instead arise from systemic defects.

Now an independent nonprofit organization closely affiliated with Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, the

Innocence Project’s mission is nothing less than to free the staggering numbers of innocent people who remain

incarcerated and to bring substantive reform to the system responsible for their unjust imprisonment.