2021 Annual Report
Learn about the Tennessee Innocence Project’s accomplishments in our 2021 Annual Report, now available!
Two More Exonerations in Tennessee
"These kinds of cases where people are wrongfully convicted don't need to be, and shouldn't be, adversarial,” Gichner shared. “We welcome the opportunity to work with prosecutors across the state to identify and do something about wrongful convictions."
Meet Garry Ferraris
Labor and employment law attorney Garry Ferraris has always been focused on making his community and state a more equitable place.
Meet TIP’s Summer Intern
I chose TIP for several reasons. During the past two years of law school, I have become increasingly aware of the access to justice crisis in our nation and increasingly more interested in working to change it. A lack of access to justice, especially for people without requisite financial resources, results in far too many individuals being convicted of crimes they did not commit.
Meet Andrea Hayduk
Andrea Hayduk says she doesn’t have a story for how she ended up in law. But the passion in her voice as she describes wrongs in the criminal justice system shows she ended up in the right place.
Meet Brad MacLean, TIP’s New Board President
A schoolteacher who started Vanderbilt Law at age 28, Brad MacLean says his journey to criminal post-conviction defense and policy reform was a “calling.”
Envision Innocence 2020
On October 22, the Tennessee Innocence Project held our annual fundraiser, Envision Innocence. Thank you to our event sponsors and the supporters who donated to the Tennessee Innocence Project during this campaign! We are cannot do this work without your support.
