Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases (as defined by state law) where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.
Eligible Applicants:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Other
Awards
Number of Awards: 10
Total Amount Awarded: $5,500,000
BJA FY 22 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
Continuing Justice Post-Conviction
Conviction Integrity Unit Project of Dallas County
Delaware Post-conviction DNA Innocence Project
MI Attorney General Conviction Integrity Unit's DNA Testing Project
NCIIC 2022 Postconviction DNA Testing Program
Post-Conviction DNA Testing
UPR DNA Postconviction Project
WASHINGTON POSTCONVICTION DNA INITIATIVE
Wayne County Prosecutor's Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Project
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