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Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent

Award Information

Award #
2016-DY-BX-0001
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
Total funding (to date)
$247,814

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $247,814)

As submitted by the proposer: The University of Baltimore, a non-profit public educational institution, on the behalf of the University of Baltimore School of Law will conduct case reviews, to locate evidence and perform DNA analysis of biological evidence in cases in which DNA testing has the potential to exonerate defendants who were wrongly convicted of violent crimes in a Maryland state court. ca/ncf

Date Created: September 14, 2016