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Join our fight to end wrongful convictions in Colorado.Â
Despite safeguards in our criminal legal system, innocent people are convicted of crimes and sentenced to years in prison. The Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) at Colorado Law works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted in Colorado. We also advocate for reforms to prevent future injustices.
We'll never have a perfect system, but KWIP is dedicated to doing what it can to fix as many mistakes as possible.Â
Â鶹ӰԺ Korey Wise
In 1989-90, 16-year-old Korey Wise and four other Black and Latino teenagers were falsely convicted of charges stemming from the brutal attack and rape of a female jogger in New York City’s Central Park. Wise spent 11.5 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. In 2015, following his exoneration and settlement with the city of New York, he made a major contribution to the University of Colorado Law School’s Innocence Project. In addition to his philanthropy, Wise is an avid public speaker and advocate for criminal justice reform in his home state of New York and across the U.S.
What we do
The Korey Wise Innocence Project provides free investigative and legal services to people serving time in Colorado prisons for crimes they did not commit. As part of the Colorado Law and CU Â鶹ӰԺ community, KWIP's staff also mentors law students and undergraduate students in both the legal and advocacy work of our project.
People claiming innocence can apply to KWIP for help. We screen applications carefully and then select the most promising ones for investigation and litigation. Exonerations typically do not happen without a fight. At KWIP, we turn over every stone to achieve justice for our clients.Â
Learn more about our work, why wrongful convictions happen, and how you can get involved.
A team of volunteers with the Korey Wise Innocence Project.