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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 April 14, 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. Santa Clara

CA

County of Santa Clara - Office of the District Attorney
70 West Hedding Street
San Jose, CA 95110

2002

Link

7. Ventura

CA

Ventura County Government Center
Hall of Justice
800 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 314
Ventura, CA 93009

2012

Link

8. 4th Circuit

    Duval, Clay & Nassau Cos.


FL

State Attorney's Office
Conviction Integrity Review
311 W. Monroe St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202

2018

Link

9. 13th Circuit

    Hillsborough Co.

FL

State Attorney's Office
Attn: Conviction Review Unit
419 N. Pierce Street
Tampa, FL 33602

2018

Link

10. 17th Circuit
     Broward Co.

FL

Broward County Judicial Complex
201 Southeast 6th Street, Suite 07150
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

2019

Link

11. Cook

IL

Conviction Integrity Unit
Cook County State's Attorney
50 W. Washington Street
Suite 2700
Chicago, IL 60602

2012

Link

12. 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

13. Wyandotte

KS

Office of the Wyandotte County District Attorney
710 N. 7th Street, Suite 10
Kansas City, KS 66101-3051

2019

Link

14. Middlesex

MA

Middlesex County District Attorney's Office
15 Commonwealth Avenue
Woburn, MA 01801

2013

Link

15. Suffolk

MA

Suffolk County District Attorney
One Bulfinch Place
Boston, MA 02114

2012


Link

16. Baltimore City


MD

Office of the State's Attorney
120 East Baltimore Street, 9th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202

2012

Link


17. Wayne

MI

Wayne County Prosecutor's Office
Conviction Integrity Unit
Frank Murphy Hall of Justice
1441 St Antoine
Detroit, MI 48226

2018

Link

18. St. Louis Co.


MO

Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
100 South Central Avenue, Second Floor
Clayton, MO  63105

2019

Link

19. Clark

NV

Office of the District Attorney
200 Lewis Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89101

2016

Link

20. Bronx

NY


The Office of the Bronx County District Attorney
198 E. 161st Street
Bronx, NY 10451

2016

Link

21. Erie

NY


Erie County District Attorney's Office
25 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202

2018

Link

22. Kings

NY

The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office
350 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

2011

Link

23. Nassau

NY

Nassau County District Attorney's Office
262 Old Country Road
Mineola, NY 11501

2013

Link

24. New York

NY

Manhattan District Attorney's Office
One Hogan Place
New York, NY 10013

2010

Link

25. Putnam

NY

Putnam County Office of the District Attorney
40 Gleneida Ave
Carmel, NY 10512

2016

Link

26. Queens 

NY

Conviction Integrity Unit
Queens County District Attorney's Office
125-01 Queens Blvd.
Kew Gardens, NY 11415

2019

Link

27. 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

28. Cuyahoga

OH

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office
The Justice Center, Courts Tower
1200 Ontario Street, 9th Floor
Cleveland, OH 44113

2014

Link

29. Multnomah

OR

Multnomah County District Attorney
Multnomah County Courthouse
1021 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

2014

Link

30. Philadelphia

PA

Office of the District Attorney
Three South Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3499

2014

Link

31. Bexar

TX

County of Bexar District Attorney's Office
101 W. Nueva
Paul Elizondo Tower, 4th Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205

2015

Link

32. Dallas

TX

Frank Crowley Courts Building
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
133 N. Riverfront Boulevard, LB 19
Dallas, TX 75207

2007

Link

33. Harris

TX

Office of District Attorney, Harris County
500 Jefferson Street
Houston, TX 77002

2009

Link

34. Tarrant

TX

Criminal District Attorney's Office
Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center
401 West Belknap
Fort Worth, TX 76196

2015

Link

35. Travis

TX

Travis County District Attorney's Office
PO Box 1748
Austin, TX 78767

2017

Link

Total CIU Exonerations

Link


NOTE: In addition to the CIUs listed above, the Orleans Parish, LA CIU that operated from 2014-2016 participated in 1 exoneration.


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. Napa

CA

Napa County District Attorney's Office
Conviction Integrity Unit
1127 First Street, Suite C
Napa, CA 94559

2020

8. Nevada

CA

Nevada County District Attorney's Office
201 Commercial Street
Nevada City, CA 95959

2017

9. Orange

CA

Office of the District Attorney
401 Civic Center Drive West
Santa Ana, CA 92701

2019

10. San Bernardino

CA

San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office
ATTN: Conviction Review Unit
303 W. Third Street
San Bernardino, CA 92415

2016

11. San Francisco

CA

San Francisco District Attorney's Office
350 Rhode Island Street
North Building, Suite 400N
San Francisco, CA 94103

2016

12. San Joaquin

CA

San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office
Attention: Post-Conviction Sentence Review Unit
222 E. Weber Avenue, Suite 202
P.O. Box 990
Stockton, CA 95201

2019

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. Kankakee

IL

Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office
450 E. Court Street - 3rd floor
Kankakee, IL 60901

2020

23. Rock Island 

IL

Rock Island County State's Attorney's Office
Case Review Unit 
1317 3rd Avenue, 2nd Floor
Rock Island, IL 61201

2021

24. Marion

 

IN

Marion County Prosecutor's Office
251 E. Ohio St.
Suite 160
Indianapolis, IN 46202

2021

25. Anne Arundel

MD

Office of the State's Attorney
8 Church Circle - Suite 200
Annapolis, MD 21401 

2020

26. Prince George's

MD

County Administration Building
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

2019

27. Montgomery 

MD

Conviction Integrity Division 
Mongomery County State's Attorney's Office
50 Maryland Avenue 
Rockville, MD 20850

Unknown

28. Wicomico

MD 

Office of the State's Attorney for Wicomico County
309 East Main Street
P.O. Box 1006
Salisbury, MD 21803

2020

29. 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

30. Jackson 

MO

Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney
Conviction Review Unit
415 E. 12th Street, 11th Floor
Kansas City, MO 64106

Unknown

31. St. Louis City

MO

The Circuit Attorney's Office
Carnahan Courthouse
1114 Market Street, Room 401
St. Louis, MO 63101

2019

32. 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

33. Monroe

NY

District Attorney's Office
47 S. Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, NY 14614

2019

34. Oneida

NY

Oneida County District Attorney's Office
235 Elizabeth Street
Utica, NY  13501

2013

35. Orange

NY

Orange County District Attorney's Office
Orange County Government Center
255 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924

2016

36. Statewide (New York)

     * Run by New York

     Attorney General's Office 

NY


Office of the Attorney General 
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224-0341

2012

37. Ulster 

NY

Ulster County District Attorney's Office
Ulster County Courthouse
275 Wall Street
Kingston, NY 12401

2019

38. Westchester

NY

Westchester County District Attorney
111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. 
White Plains, NY 10601

2019

39. Summit

OH

Summit County Prosecutor's Office
53 University Ave # 6
Akron, OH 44308

2019

40. 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

41. Chester

PA

Conviction Integrity Review
201 W. Market St., Suite 4450
West Chester, PA, 19380

2020

42. Statewide (Pennsylvania)

     *Run by the Pennsylvania

     Attorney General's Office

PA

Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120

2020

43. Davidson

TN

Office of the District Attorney General
Washington Square, Suite 500
222 2nd Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37201

2016

44. Salt Lake

UT

Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office
Conviction Review Unit
33 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

2018

45. Utah

UT

Utah County Attorney
100 East Center Street, Suite 2100
Provo, Utah 84606

2021

46. Arlington 

VA

Office of the Commonwealth Attorney
1425 N Courthouse Rd, Suite 5200
Arlington, VA 22201

2021

47. 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.