Chief Program Officer, Exoneration Strategy & Support
ABOUT THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. Our work is guided by science and grounded in anti-racism. Since our inception, the Innocence Project has used DNA and other scientific advancements to prove wrongful conviction. To date, we have helped to free or exonerate more than 250 people who, collectively, spent more than 3,600 years behind bars. Our efforts have led to the passage of more than 200 transformative state laws and federal reforms. Today, the Innocence Project continues to fight for freedom, drive structural change, and advance the innocence movement. To learn more, please visit www.innocenceproject.org.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Chief Program Officer, Exoneration Strategy & Support is responsible for oversight, management, and supervision of the following program areas: Post-conviction Litigation, which provides pro-bono legal representation to approximately 200 innocent people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit; Special Litigation, which provides pro-bono legal representation in some of the Innocence Project’s most high profile and complex post-conviction cases, including but not limited to people sentenced to death and caregivers wrongly convicted of
