About the Institute

The Institute for Actual Innocence is a multifaceted program at the University of Richmond School of Law. The Institute is structured as an academic program for students at the University of Richmond School of Law. We partner with local attorneys and community leaders to seek post-conviction relief for wrongfully convicted prisoners in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Institute operates primarily under two Virginia statutes providing an avenue for wrongfully convicted prisoners to seek post-conviction relief. We take cases on the basis of newly discovered biological and/or non-biological evidence which strongly supports a prisoner's innocence.