Editing Innocence Project (section)

==In popular culture==

=== Film ===
* ''[[After Innocence]]'' (2005) is a documentary featuring the stories of eight wrongfully convicted men who were exonerated by the Innocence Project.<ref>{{Citation |last=Sanders |first=Jessica |title=After Innocence |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436039/ |type=Documentary |access-date=2023-06-05 |publisher=American Film Foundation, Showtime Independent Films, Showtime Networks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Jessica |title=After Innocence {{!}} Film Review {{!}} Spirituality & Practice |url=https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/10044/after-innocence |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.spiritualityandpractice.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Conviction (2010 film)|Conviction]]'' (2010) is a film about the exoneration of [[Kenneth Waters]], who was a client of the Innocence Project. [[Hilary Swank]] plays Waters' sister Betty Anne, who went to college and law school to fight for his freedom, and [[Sam Rockwell]] plays Waters. Barry Scheck is portrayed by [[Peter Gallagher]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aitkenhead |first=Decca |date=2010-12-11 |title=Betty Anne Waters: 'We thought Kenny was coming home' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/11/betty-anne-waters-interview |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Go Behind the Story of CONVICTION with The Innocence Project |url=https://www.searchlightpictures.com/news/go-behind-the-story-of-conviction-with-the-innocence-project/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Searchlight Pictures}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jury Rules Against 'Conviction' {{!}} Arts {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/10/19/conviction-kenny-betty-swanks/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5eSptKGJKw Happiest Moments]'' (2021) is a [[Webby Award]] winning video by Innocence Project. Its the organization's first-ever [[public service announcement]], produced by [[Hayden5]].<ref>[https://innocenceproject.org/innocence-project-honored-with-two-webby-anthem-awards-dedicates-action-speech-to-melissa-lucio-on-texas-death-row/#:~:text=(New%20York%2C%20NY%20—%20March,by%20the%20renowned%20Webbys%20Awards. Innocence Project Honored With Two Webby Anthem Awards, Dedicates Action Speech to Melissa Lucio on Texas Death Row] at Innocence Project; published March 1, 2022; retrieved May 11, 2022</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happiest Moments - The Shorty Awards |url=http://shortyawards.com/14th/happiest-moments |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=shortyawards.com}}</ref>

=== Literature ===
* In his nonfiction book ''[[The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town]]'' (2006), [[John Grisham]] recounted the cases of [[Ron Williamson]] and [[Dennis Fritz]], who were assisted on appeal by the Innocence Project and freed by DNA evidence after being wrongfully convicted of the murder of Debra Ann Carter.

=== Podcasts ===
*''[[Serial (podcast)|Serial]]'' in its first season referenced the Innocence Project in episode 7 when Deirdre Enright, director of investigation for the Innocence Project at the [[University of Virginia School of Law]], and a team of law students analyzed the case against [[Adnan Syed]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Lisa |date=2022-09-20 |title=Innocence Project: Problem of wrongful convictions is systemwide |url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/adnan-syed-conviction-vacated-innocent-project/41300199 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=WBAL |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title='Serial' Subject Adnan Syed, Who Was Aided by Innocence Project at UVA Law, Released From Prison |url=https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/202209/serial-subject-adnan-syed-who-was-aided-innocence-project-uva-law-released-prison |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=University of Virginia School of Law |language=en}}</ref>

=== Television ===
*''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'', an American television series, in the episode "Like Father, Like Daughter" (season 6, episode 7), mentioned the Innocence Project, as well as Frank Henson who was wrongfully convicted in 1998 of the death of Kimberly Tolbert.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |first4= |date=2010-12-13 |title=Starr report |url=https://nypost.com/2010/12/13/starr-report-2004/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''[[The Innocence Project]]'', a [[BBC One]] drama series that aired from 2006 to 2007, is based on a UK version of the organization.<ref name="Times230407">{{cite news|author=Smallman, Etan| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/student/student_life/article1685105.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007213839/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/student/student_life/article1685105.ece|archive-date=2008-10-07|url-status=deviated|title=The Innocence Squad: Etan Smallman meets five students forgoing the pub and lie-ins to devote their time to investigating alleged miscarriages of justice|newspaper=[[The Times|Times Online]]|date= April 23, 2007|access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref>
*The Innocence Project was discussed in [[The Good Wife (season 2)|season 2]], episode 9 of ''[[The Good Wife]]'', "Nine Hours" (December 14, 2010). Project co-founder Barry Scheck played himself in the episode, which was largely based on the actual Innocence Project case of [[Cameron Todd Willingham]]. Cary Agos, a recurring character on ''The Good Wife'', is written to have worked for the Innocence Project after law school (and is a family friend of Scheck's).<ref>{{cite web|title=Scheck on "The Good Wife" |publisher=The Innocence Project Blog |url=http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Tune_in_Tonight_Scheck_on_The_Good_Wife.php |access-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803001838/http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Tune_in_Tonight_Scheck_on_The_Good_Wife.php |archive-date=August 3, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=This founder of The Innocence Project once appeared on The Good Wife |url=https://www.starttv.com/stories/this-founder-of-the-innocence-project-once-appeared-on-the-good-wife |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Start TV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-12-15 |title='The Good Wife' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/show-tracker/story/2010-12-15/the-good-wife-recap-it-has-to-be-right |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In [[Suits (season 6)|season six of ''Suits'']], a US legal [[dramedy]], law student and paralegal Rachel Zane takes on an Innocence Project for a man wrongfully accused of murder.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-18 |title=Catching Up With Former U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger '91 |url=https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/201708/catching-former-us-attorney-zane-memeger-%E2%80%9991 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=University of Virginia School of Law |language=en |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605202448/https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/201708/catching-former-us-attorney-zane-memeger-%E2%80%9991 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*In season three of ''[[Riverdale (2017 TV series)|Riverdale]]'', a dark reimagining of the [[Archie Comics]] universe, [[Veronica Lodge]] mentions starting a chapter of the organization to help free her boyfriend [[Archie Andrews]] from prison following being falsely convicted of murder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henehan |first=Billy |date=2018-10-24 |title=Syndicated Comics |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/archie-andrews-jailbird-riverdale-s3e2-recap/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''[[Making a Murderer]]'', a two-season (of 10 episodes each) documentary relating [[Steven Avery]] wrongful conviction. The episodes were released on [[Netflix]] between 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-27 |title='Making A Murderer's' Steven Avery Demands Review Of Latest Decision In His Case |url=https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/making-a-murderers-steven-avery-seeks-wisconsin-supreme-court-review |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Oxygen Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[[The Innocence Files]]'' (2020) is a series of nine documentary films based on the work of the Innocence Project, released on Netflix in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=2020-04-15 |title=The Innocence Files: a shocking Netflix series on wrongful convictions |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/15/the-innocence-files-shocking-netflix-series-wrongful-convictions |access-date=2023-06-05 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Innocence Files {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80214563 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Quantum Leap (2022 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', in the episode "Ben Song for the Defense" the Innocence Project is mentioned after Ben, having leapt into a [[public defender]], successfully defends a teenager wrongfully accused of killing a gang recruiter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=Quantum Leap Season 1 Episode 15 Review: Ben Song For The Defense |url=https://www.tvfanatic.com/2023/03/quantum-leap-season-1-episode-15-review-ben-song-for-the-defense/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=TV Fanatic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Povey |first=Jennifer R. |date=2023-03-29 |title=Quantum Leap Episode Review — Season One, Episode 15 "Ben Song For The Defense" |url=https://medium.com/views-of-other-planes/quantum-leap-episode-review-season-one-episode-15-ben-song-for-the-defense-297b5a88ee38 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Views of Other Planes |language=en}}</ref>
*[[The Innocent Man (2018 TV series)|''The Innocent Man'']] (2018) is a Netflix mini series composed of six episodes based on the [[John Grisham|Grisham]] nonfiction book ''[[The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town]].''<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2018-12-14 |title=The Story Behind Netflix's True Crime Series 'The Innocent Man' |url=https://time.com/5476081/the-innocent-man-netflix-true-story/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Innocent Man {{!}} Netflix Official Site |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80187030 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The Innocent Man |date=2018-12-14 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0914376/ |type=Documentary, Crime |access-date=2023-06-09 |others=Heather McPhaul, John Grisham, Erik Anthony Russo |publisher=Campfire, The Gernert Company}}</ref>
*''[[Psych (TV series)|Psych]]'', an American television series, the episode "True Grits" (season 6, episode 15), featured a character exonerated by the Innocence Project. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://innocenceproject.org/wrongful-conviction-featured-in-tonights-episode-of-psych/|title=Wrongful Conviction Featured in Tonight's Episode of "Psych"|website=Innocence Project}}</ref>