YOUTH FOR INNOCENCE WELCOMES YOU

Hope Is Where the Heart Is

Jofama Coleman, helped by Youth for Innocence members, now advises and interns for Youth for Innocence.

ABOUT

Empowering Youth for Justice

Inspired by the Innocence Project's work in overturning wrongful convictions, Youth for Innocence is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to empowering high school and college student volunteers to summarize and investigate wrongful convictions. Through interactive training, we equip our youth with essential legal skills, empowering them to evaluate cases and collaborate with professionals to help innocent prisoners regain their freedom and ensure justice prevails.

Disclaimer: we are not lawyers and therefore not able to give legal advice.

WHAT WE DO

Giving Innocence Hope

ONLINE CASEWORK

Connecting Lawyers and the Wrongfully Convicted

Based entirely online, Youth for Innocence gathers youth volunteers from around the globe to examine wrongful conviction cases and find new pathways to prove their innocence.

Summarizing/Supplementing

Youth for Innocence summarizes transcripts and other documents and creates supplementary documents such as timelines, maps, and subject-specific memos. Requiring no special degree or advanced knowledge, they are the perfect way for beginners to get involved.

Investigating/Advocating

By locating witnesses, talking to experts, and presenting our findings to lawyers, we streamline the process for innocence attorneys to investigate and exonerate cases of innocence. Our preliminary investigation and non-legal advocacy informs attorneys of both factual innocence and a way to overturn the wrongful conviction.

IN-PERSON CHAPTERS

International Organization, Local Impact

Through fostering local chapters across the nation, we empower high schools and colleges to directly impact surrounding communities, working on local wrongful convictions and building in-person relationships. If you are interested in joining a chapter or starting your own, click here.

DONATE

A tax-deductible donation will help us pay for the many expenses in the legal world, including:

Transporting/scanning case files (which can contain thousands of pages)
Flying members to the scene of the crime, witness meetings, trial hearings, and innocence conferences
Re-entry support for exonerees awaiting compensation
Fees for expert opinions, private investigators, legal motions, and other services in the pursuit of justice
Compensating full-time employees of our organization (who currently have to work other jobs alongside volunteer work)
Running promotional campaigns to obtain cases and recruit volunteers

With your help, we can recruit more volunteers to work on more wrongful conviction cases with more efficient tools, helping more innocent individuals reclaim their freedom.

If you want to pay through Apple Pay or Google Pay, click on the link here.