Around the country there are various types of innocence commissions being formed. Each commission functions differently. Below is a list of states and their innocence commissions, as well as a fact sheet by the Innocence Project.

Innocence Project's fact sheet on Innocence Commissions

California
California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

Connecticut
Connecticut Innocence Commission

Illinois
Governor Ryan's Commission on Capital Punishment

North Carolina
North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission
(A description of the predecessor to this commission, the NC Actual Innocence Commission, is online at: http://www.innocenceproject.org/docs/NC_Innocence_Commission_Mission.html)

Virginia
Innocence Commission for Virginia (a private commission)

Wisconsin
Avery Task Force

Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Commission


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