| Formation | 2001 |
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| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | To bring justice to the wrongfully convicted through advocacy, education, and reform |
| Headquarters | University of Illinois at Springfield |
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| Affiliations | The Innocence Project |
The Illinois Innocence Project, a member of the national Innocence Project network, is a non-profit legal organization that works to exonerate wrongfully convicted people and reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
The national Innocence Project was founded by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld in 1992.