Deadline: 5/06/2019
Amount: unspecified
Description:
The purpose of this program is to ensure the availability of fair and impartial administration of justice to Americans who may have been unjustly convicted by providing funding to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases where the results of such testing might show actual innocence. Funds may be used to review suitable postconviction cases and to locate and analyze associated biological evidence, and a limited portion of funds may be used for case identification activities. While successful exonerations to correct injustice are notable program outcomes, the careful review, consideration, and closing of cases subjected to postconviction DNA testing that do not ultimately demonstrate innocence also work to advance the public’s interest that justice has been fairly applied.