Innocence Project of Minnesota

SHERMAN TOWNSEND

Spent 10 years of a 20 year sentence
in prison before being released.

1,123 EXONERATED SINCE 1989

from U.S. prisons for crimes they did not commit.

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MICHAEL HANSEN

After spending 6 years in prison, Michael Hansen was exonerated of murdering his infant daughter.

306 EXONERATED BY DNA

306 men and women have been released from prison after serving over 4,100 years for crimes they did not commit.

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KOUA FONG LEE

Koua Fong Lee was sentenced to eight years in prison. He spent nearly 3 years in prison before being exonerated of criminal vehicular homicide.

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OUR MISSION

The Minnesota Innocence Project works to keep the innocent from being convicted and to free people imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit. We take on the cases of convicted but innocent people; we educate attorneys and criminal justice professionals on best practices; and we work to reform procedures. The Minnesota Innocence Project will act in any Minnesota case where clear evidence of innocence is present.