Dedicated to exonerating the innocent in Tennessee

Under the current justice system, it is nearly impossible for an incarcerated person in Tennessee to prove their actual innocence without the necessary resources.

We exist to change that.

The Tennessee Innocence Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investigating and litigating claims of actual innocence.

Through legal advocacy, policy reform, re-entry support, and public education, we work to ensure that justice is not determined by access to resources.

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People we've helped exonerate

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According to the National Registry of Exonerations,
there have been nearly:

4,000 wrongful convictions in the U.S. since 1989

Since 1989, thousands of people in the U.S. have been exonerated after being wrongfully convicted. Collectively, they lost over 35,000 years of their lives — years stolen for crimes they didn’t commit. We know there are thousands more.

Behind each number is a person whose voice deserves to be heard.

Eric Wright
36 years
Darren Price
17 years
Scott Minton
36 years
Ricky Lee Webb
47 years
Artis Whitehead
21 years
Wayne Burgess
24 years
Claude Garrett
30 years
Charles Dunn
27 years
Joyce Watkins
27 years
Paul Shayne Garrett
8 years

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UPCOMING EVENT

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6:00 PM Thursday, December 4
Loews Vanderbilt Hotel

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Thank you to our supporters. We couldn’t do it without you.

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There have always been innocent people in prison in Tennessee. There just were not enough people fighting on their behalf.
Jason Gichner

Jason Gichner Executive Director

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