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University of Michigan Law School & Michigan State University College of Law

2,869 exonerations since 1989
More than 25,600 Years Lost

Conviction Integrity Units

A Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) is a division of a prosecutorial office that works to prevent, identify, and remedy false convictions. They are sometimes called Conviction Review Units (CRUs).

Several Conviction Integrity Units have accomplished a great deal in a short period of time, and there has certainly been an uptick in the number of offices that claim to have formed CIUs. It is still too soon to know whether this trend will produce a change in the way prosecutors operate generally. For more information on the history of CIUs, please see the annual report excerpts linked below.

Guide to the Registry's List of CIUs
The Registry maintains two lists:

(A) CIUs with recorded exonerations, and
(B) CIUS with no exonerations recorded.

Each table is sorted by state, and the units are listed alphabetically by county.
Clicking the "County" name hyperlink will take you directly to that unit's website, or the website of that State/District Attorney's office, if they do not have a dedicated webpage to their CIU.
Clicking the "Exonerations" hyperlink will take you to an up-to-date exoneration count.
The following tables reflect data recorded in the Registry as of August 24, 2021.

A. OPERATIONAL CIUs with RECORDED Exonerations

County	ST	Address	Founding Date	Exonerations
1. Los Angeles	CA	Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office 211 West Temple Street Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA 90012	2015	Link
2. Merced	CA	Merced County District Attorney's Office 550 W. Main Street Merced, CA 95340	2017	Link
3. Riverside	CA	Riverside County District Attorney's Office Conviction Review Committee 3960 Orange Street Riverside, CA 92501	2015	Link
4. Sacramento	CA	Sacramento County District Attorney's Office Justice, Training and Integrity Unit 901 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814	2013	Link
5. San Diego	CA	San Diego County District Attorney's Office PO Box 121011 San Diego, CA 92112-1011	2016	Link
6. San Joaquin	CA	San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office Attention: Post Conviction Review Unit 222 E. Weber Avenue, Suite 202 P.O. Box 990 Stockton, CA 95201	2019	Link
7. Santa Clara	CA	County of Santa Clara - Office of the District Attorney 70 West Hedding Street San Jose, CA 95110	2002	Link
8. Ventura	CA	Ventura County Government Center Hall of Justice 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 314 Ventura, CA 93009	2012	Link
9. 4th Circuit Duval, Clay & Nassau Cos.	FL	State Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Review 311 W. Monroe St. Jacksonville, FL 32202	2018	Link
10. 13th Circuit Hillsborough Co.	FL	State Attorney's Office Attn: Conviction Review Unit 419 N. Pierce Street Tampa, FL 33602	2018	Link
11. 17th Circuit Broward Co.	FL	Broward County Judicial Complex 201 Southeast 6th Street, Suite 07150 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301	2019	Link
12. Cook	IL	Conviction Integrity Unit Cook County State's Attorney 50 W. Washington Street Suite 2700 Chicago, IL 60602	2012	Link
13. Lake	IL	Prosecution Protocol & Conviction Review Unit Lake County State's Attorney's Office 18 N. County Street, 5th Floor Waukegan, IL 60085	2013	Link
14. Wyandotte	KS	Office of the Wyandotte County District Attorney 710 N. 7th Street, Suite 10 Kansas City, KS 66101-3051	2019	Link
15. Orleans Parish	LA	Orleans Parish District Attorney 619 South White Street New Orleans, LA 70119	2021	Link
16. Middlesex	MA	Middlesex County District Attorney's Office 15 Commonwealth Avenue Woburn, MA 01801	2013	Link
17. Suffolk	MA	Suffolk County District Attorney One Bulfinch Place Boston, MA 02114	2012	Link
18. Baltimore City	MD	Office of the State's Attorney 120 East Baltimore Street, 9th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202	2012	Link
19. Statewide (Michigan) *Run by the Michigan Attorney General's Office	MI	Department of Attorney General, Michigan Criminal Appellate Division, Conviction Integrity Unit G. Mennen Williams Building 525 W. Ottawa Street P.O. Box 30212 Lansing, MI 48909	2019	Link
20. Wayne	MI	Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Conviction Integrity Unit Frank Murphy Hall of Justice 1441 St Antoine Detroit, MI 48226	2018	Link Link
21. St. Louis Co.	MO	Office of the Prosecuting Attorney 100 South Central Avenue, Second Floor Clayton, MO 63105	2019	Link
22. Clark	NV	Office of the District Attorney 200 Lewis Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89101	2016	Link
23. Bronx	NY	The Office of the Bronx County District Attorney 198 E. 161st Street Bronx, NY 10451	2016	Link
24. Erie	NY	Erie County District Attorney's Office 25 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202	2018	Link
25. Kings	NY	The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office 350 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201	2011	Link
26. Nassau	NY	Nassau County District Attorney's Office 262 Old Country Road Mineola, NY 11501	2013	Link
27. New York	NY	Manhattan District Attorney's Office One Hogan Place New York, NY 10013	2010	Link
28. Putnam	NY	Putnam County Office of the District Attorney 40 Gleneida Ave Carmel, NY 10512	2016	Link
29. Queens	NY	Conviction Integrity Unit Queens County District Attorney's Office 125-01 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens, NY 11415	2019	Link
30. Richmond	NY	Office of the District Attorney Richmond County 130 Stuyvesant Place Staten Island, NY 10301	2019	Link
31. Suffolk	NY	Conviction Integrity Bureau Suffolk County District Attorney's Office William J. Lindsay County Complex - Bldg. 77 Veterans Memorial Highway Hauppauge, NY 11788	2018	Link
32. Cuyahoga	OH	Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office The Justice Center, Courts Tower 1200 Ontario Street, 9th Floor Cleveland, OH 44113	2014	Link
33. Multnomah	OR	Multnomah County District Attorney Multnomah County Courthouse 1021 SW Fourth Avenue Portland, OR 97204	2014	Link
34. Philadelphia	PA	Office of the District Attorney Three South Penn Square Philadelphia, PA 19107-3499	2014	Link
35. Davidson	TN	Office of the District Attorney General Washington Square, Suite 500 222 2nd Avenue North Nashville, TN 37201	2016	Link
36. Bexar	TX	County of Bexar District Attorney's Office 101 W. Nueva Paul Elizondo Tower, 4th Floor San Antonio, TX 78205	2015	Link
37. Dallas	TX	Frank Crowley Courts Building Dallas County District Attorney's Office 133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, LB 19 Dallas, TX 75207	2007	Link
38. Harris	TX	Office of District Attorney, Harris County 500 Jefferson Street Houston, TX 77002	2009	Link
39. Tarrant	TX	Criminal District Attorney's Office Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center 401 West Belknap Fort Worth, TX 76196	2015	Link
40. Travis	TX	Travis County District Attorney's Office PO Box 1748 Austin, TX 78767	2017	Link
Total CIU Exonerations				Link

B. CIUS WITH No Exonerations RECORDED

County	ST	Address	Founding Date
1. Jefferson (Bessemer)	AL	District Attorney - Bessemer Bessemer Criminal Justice Building Suite 110 1851 Second Avenue Bessemer, AL 35020	2021
2. Jefferson (Birmingham)	AL	Jefferson County District Attorney 801 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N. Birmingham, AL 35203	2021
3. Pima	AZ	Deputy County Attorney Rick Unklesbay Conviction Integrity Chief Pima County Attorney's Office Legal Services Building 32 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701	2014
4. Maricopa	AZ	Maricopa County Attorney's Office 225 West Madison Street Phoenix, AZ 85003	2020
5. Alameda	CA	Office of the Alameda County District Attorney Conviction Integrity Unit René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street, Room 900 Oakland, CA 94612	Unknown
6. Contra Costa	CA	Contra Costa District Attorney Conviction Integrity Unit 900 Ward Street, Second Floor Martinez, CA 94553	2019
7. Monterey	CA	Monterey County District Attorney's Office c/o Conviction Review Unit 142 W. Ailsal St., Suite A Salinas, CA 93901	2021
8. Napa	CA	Napa County District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit 1127 First Street, Suite C Napa, CA 94559	2020
9. Nevada	CA	Nevada County District Attorney's Office 201 Commercial Street Nevada City, CA 95959	2017
10. Orange	CA	Office of the District Attorney 401 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701	2019
11. San Bernardino	CA	San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office ATTN: Conviction Review Unit 303 W. Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415	2016
12. San Francisco	CA	San Francisco District Attorney's Office 350 Rhode Island Street North Building, Suite 400N San Francisco, CA 94103	2016
13. Yolo	CA	Yolo County District Attorney's Office 301 Second Street Woodland, CA 95695	2014
14. 18th Judicial Circuit Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln Counties	CO	ATTN: Conviction Review Unit 18th Judicial District - Office of the District Attorney 6450 S. Revere Parkway Centennial, CO 80111	2019
15. Boulder	CO	Office of the District Attorney, Twentieth Judicial District Conviction Integrity Unit 1777 6th Street Boulder, CO 80302	2018
16. 1st Judicial Circuit Jefferson and Gilpin Counties	CO	1st Judicial District Attorney's Office ATTN: Conviction Integrity Unit 500 Jefferson County Parkway District Attorney Building Golden, CO 80401	2021
17. District of Columbia	DC	Special Proceedings Division/Conviction Integrity Unit United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia 555 Fourth Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. 20530	2014
18. Statewide (DE)	DE	Delaware Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust 102 West Water Street Dover, DE 19904	Unknown
19. 9th Circuit Orange and Osceola Cos.	FL	Office of the State Attorney Ninth Judicial Circuit Attn: Conviction Integrity and Accountability Unit 415 N. Orange Ave Orlando, FL 32801	2018
20. 15th Circuit Palm Beach Co.	FL	State Attorney's Office Attn: Conviction Review Unit 401 North Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, FL 33401	2020
21. Fulton	GA	Fulton County District Attorney's Office 136 Pryor Street SW Atlanta, GA 30303	2019
22. Gwinnett	GA	Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center 75 Langley Drive Lawrenceville, GA 30046	2021
23. Kankakee	IL	Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office 450 E. Court Street - 3rd floor Kankakee, IL 60901	2020
24. Rock Island	IL	Rock Island County State's Attorney's Office Case Review Unit 1317 3rd Avenue, 2nd Floor Rock Island, IL 61201	2021
25. Marion	IN	Marion County Prosecutor's Office 251 E. Ohio St. Suite 160 Indianapolis, IN 46202	2021
26. Northwestern District	MA	Conviction Integrity Committee Northwestern District Attorney’s Office One Gleason Plaza Northampton, MA 01060	Unknown
27. Anne Arundel	MD	Office of the State's Attorney 8 Church Circle - Suite 200 Annapolis, MD 21401	2020
28. Prince George's	MD	County Administration Building 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20772	2019
29. Montgomery	MD	Conviction Integrity Division Mongomery County State's Attorney's Office 50 Maryland Avenue Rockville, MD 20850	Unknown
30. Wicomico	MD	Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County 309 East Main Street P.O. Box 1006 Salisbury, MD 21803	2020
31. Statewide (Minnesota) * Run by the Minnesota Attorney General's Office	MN	Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Attn: Conviction Review Unit 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400 St. Paul, MN 55101	2021
32. Jackson	MO	Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Conviction Review Unit 415 E. 12th Street, 11th Floor Kansas City, MO 64106	Unknown
33. St. Louis City	MO	The Circuit Attorney's Office Carnahan Courthouse 1114 Market Street, Room 401 St. Louis, MO 63101	2019
34. Statewide (New Jersey) *Run by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office	NJ	Office of The Attorney General Office of Public Integrity & Accountability PO Box 085 Trenton, NJ 08625-0080	2019
35. Monroe	NY	District Attorney's Office 47 S. Fitzhugh Street Rochester, NY 14614	2019
36. Oneida	NY	Oneida County District Attorney's Office 235 Elizabeth Street Utica, NY 13501	2013
37. Orange	NY	Orange County District Attorney's Office Orange County Government Center 255 Main Street Goshen, NY 10924	2016
38. Statewide (New York) * Run by the New York Attorney General's Office	NY	Office of the Attorney General The Capitol Albany, NY 12224-0341	2012
39. Ulster	NY	Ulster County District Attorney's Office Ulster County Courthouse 275 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401	2019
40. Westchester	NY	Westchester County District Attorney 111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. White Plains, NY 10601	2019
41. Summit	OH	Summit County Prosecutor's Office 53 University Ave # 6 Akron, OH 44308	2019
42. Centre	PA	Centre County District Attorney's Office Conviction Integrity Unit Centre County Courthouse Annex 106 East High Street, Room 302 Bellefonte, PA 16823	Unknown
43. Chester	PA	Conviction Integrity Review 201 W. Market St., Suite 4450 West Chester, PA, 19380	2020
44. Statewide (Pennsylvania) *Run by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office	PA	Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120	2020
45. Salt Lake	UT	Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office Conviction Review Unit 33 East 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111	2018
46. Utah	UT	Utah County Attorney 100 East Center Street, Suite 2100 Provo, Utah 84606	2021
47. Summit	UT	Coalville: 60 N. Main Street P.O. Box 128 Coalville, UT 84017 Park City: 6300 Justice Center Road Park City, UT 84098	2021
48. Arlington	VA	Office of the Commonwealth Attorney 1425 N Courthouse Rd, Suite 5200 Arlington, VA 22201	2021
49. Statewide (Virginia) *Run by the Virginia Attorney General's Office	VA	Office of the Attorney General 202 North Ninth Street Richmond, VA 23219	2021

NOTE: Utah Co., UT was removed from this list in 2020 when our national survey could not confirm an active unit. In addition to the listed CIUs, the State of New Jersey Office of the Public Defender opened a unit that is named a "Conviction Integrity Unit" in 2018 that provides representation for indigent defendants who file a post-conviction relief (PCR) petition.

ANNUAL Report Excerpts

Professional Exonerators (Excerpt from Exonerations in 2017 Report) - 14 March 2018
This excerpt from the 2017 Report reviews 33 Conviction Integrity Units existing at the end of 2017 and discusses the impact of both CIUs and Innocence Organizations on exonerations. Read more.

Conviction Integrity Units (Excerpt from Exonerations in 2016 Report) - 7 March 2017
In this excerpt from the 2016 Report, we review the 29 Conviction Integrity Units in existence as of 2016. As of the publication of the report, there were 225 CIU exonerations. We look at where these 225 exonerations came from, which prosecutorial offices have CIUs in name only, and the accessibility of the programs. Read more.

Conviction Integrity Units - 3 February 2016
A look at the rapid rise in Conviction Integrity Units and their wide range in performance. The report concludes: "What we can say is this: In a few counties, CIUs have become important, active on-going operations. For several CIUs, it's too early to say. And for others, we found no evidence that they have done anything much at all." Read more.

About the Registry

The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law. It was founded in 2012 in conjunction with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. The Registry provides detailed information about every known exoneration in the United States since 1989—cases in which a person was wrongly convicted of a crime and later cleared of all the charges based on new evidence of innocence. The Registry also maintains a more limited database of known exonerations prior to 1989.

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A Project of the University of California Irvine Newkirk Center for Science & Society, University of Michigan Law School & Michigan State University College of Law

2,869 exonerations since 1989More than 25,600 Years Lost

Conviction Integrity Units

Guide to the Registry's List of CIUs

A. OPERATIONAL CIUs with RECORDED Exonerations

B. CIUS WITH No Exonerations RECORDED

ANNUAL Report Excerpts

About the Registry

Contact Us

A Project of the University of California Irvine Newkirk Center for Science & Society,
University of Michigan Law School & Michigan State University College of Law

2,869 exonerations since 1989
More than 25,600 Years Lost