Midwest Innocence Project

Accepts cases of actual innocence in AR, IA, KS, MO, and NE; applicants must have more than 10 years left to serve on their sentence and Iowa applicants must have more than 7 years left to serve on their sentence; cannot be currently represented by another attorney except for Iowa applicants; must have exhausted all appeals. Also reviews death penalty cases. Partners with the Iowa State Public Defender Wrongful Conviction Division, if you write to both organizations, expect only one response from the Midwest Innocence Project. Serves Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska only.