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seeking freedom for the innocent in prison
WHO WE ARE
The first organization in the world dedicated to freeing innocent people from prison — and standing with them long after they come home.
OUR STORY
Centurion began in Princeton, New Jersey, when Jim McCloskey—then a seminary student—met an incarcerated man he believed was innocent and chose not to look away. He continued investigating until he uncovered the evidence needed to prove the man’s innocence. That case became the first of many, establishing Centurion as the nation’s first organization devoted exclusively to vindicating and freeing people wrongfully convicted.
We take on the difficult cases few others will—often those with no DNA evidence to test and no clear path to freedom. Proving innocence can require years of determined investigation and legal advocacy, and our clients never pay for our services.
Our commitment does not end when a client walks free. We remain beside our freed clients as they rebuild their lives, helping them secure housing, employment, healthcare, and the stability and dignity that wrongful incarceration took from them.
1983
The year we began
72
Innocent people freed
1,100+
Requests for help each year
The convictions with no DNA to test and no one else willing to look again — the cases most likely to be forgotten.
We don’t look for a legal loophole. We reinvestigate from the ground up until we can show what really happened.
Freedom is the beginning, not the end. We support our clients for the rest of their lives as they rebuild.
Centurion was the first organization in the world dedicated to the vindication of the wrongfully convicted.
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info@centurion.org
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Centurion
1000 Herrontown Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone
(609) 921-0334