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Wrongful Conviction: Virginia Resources

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Assisting Families of Inmates
AFOI works to provide opportunities for regular and meaningful visitation, referrals to community resources, and vital services that help families cope with incarceration and prepare for release and reunification.
ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING CREATES CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT, EXPANDS EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND OVERTURN WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
Innocence Project: Virginia
Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law
Instructions and Forms for Petition for a Writ of Actual Innocence to the Supreme Court of Virginia
Instructions for Petition for a Writ of Actual Innocence Based on Nonbiological Evidence, the Court of Appeals of Virginia
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project works to prevent and correct the conviction of innocent people in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. We have one of the highest success rates in the country for exonerating those who have been wrongfully accused.
Preventing Wrongful Convictions in Virginia: Improving the Disclosure of Exculpatory Evidence Possessed by Third Parties
This resource by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services is part of the 2015 Blueprints for Change: Criminal Justice Policy Issues in Virginia series.
VA Conviction Integrity Unit
Virginia's Judicial System
Virginia Department of Corrections
Virginia Department of Forensic Science
Virginia Indigent Defense Commission