seeking freedom for the innocent in prison

INNOCENCE, RESTORED

José Carrion is home.

After 25 years of wrongful incarceration, a Centurion client walks free. This is our work — patient, persistent, and rooted in compassion — since 1983.

Recent Release · AITKIN COUNTY, MN

26 years for a crime he didn't commit. Brian Pippitt is finally home.

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New requests for help each year

21

ACTIVE CASES

100

Cases In development

HOW WE WORK

Three stages, one relentless standard.

01

Investigation

We reinvestigate from the ground up — witnesses, evidence, records — looking for the truth the original case missed.

02

Legal Action

Our legal team brings compelling evidence of innocence before the courts.

03

Life After

Freedom is the beginning, not the end. We help our freed clients rebuild

Recently released

Other Resolutions

Brian Pippitt

26 years · Aitkin County, MN

Other Resolutions

Jose Carrion

25 years · Queens, NY

Exonerated

Martin Santillan

25 years · Dallas, TX

News & updates

Media, News

Guest column: Justice delayed means justice continues to be denied for the Chester Trio

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Minnesota Man Is Freed After Serving 25 Years for Murder He Did Not Commit

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In ‘Framed,’ John Grisham teams with an activist to spotlight real-life injustice

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Telling the Stories of Wrongful Convictions, One Painstaking Case at a Time

The average cost to free an innocent person is $350,000.

Every exoneration is years of work funded entirely by people who believe no innocent person should be left behind. Your gift moves the next case forward.