conviction integrity

These are resource materials created to help Conviction Integrity Units and partner innocence organizations or defense counsel navigate joint investigations and cooperative agreements. Additional resources aimed at conviction integrity units including creating a unit, conflict of interest policies, and working with pro se defendants are included as well.

The Quattrone Center will organize and conduct an online orientation meeting for all Recipients, to be held as soon after the award of BJA funds as practicable. This is anticipated to be a half-day meeting in webinar format, although it could be extended as necessary based on the topics of particular interest to Recipients.

APA and NACDL presented the next webinar in the CIU series on April 23, 2019 at 3pm EST: Evolution of a Conviction Integrity Unit. Santa Clara County first established its conviction integrity unit in 2004. Over the last fifteen years, the function of the CIU has changed, and lessons have been learned. This webinar discussed how Santa Clara’s CIU was established, and how it evolved over time from a small unit that reviewed individual cases to a centralized function that seeks to prevent wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in the first place.

NACDL and subgrantee APA worked to produce a webinar on the operation of a successful CIU and its collaboration with the defense. On Tuesday March 5, 2019 at 3:00 PM EST this webinar kicked off the planned Conviction Integrity Webinar Mini-Series. To better understand the issues and practices related to Conviction Integrity and Conviction Review Units, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Bureau of Justice Assistance presented a discussion of mechanics and obstacles of starting a conviction review unit and the results of a national survey of conviction review practices and units.