<P> The Innocence project originated in New York City but accepts cases from any part of the United States . The majority of clients helped are of low socio - economic status and have used all possible legal options for justice . Many clients hope that DNA evidence will prove their innocence, as the emergence of DNA testing allows those who have been wrongly convicted of crimes to challenge their cases . The Innocence Project also works with the local, state and federal levels of law enforcement, legislators, and other programs to prevent further wrongful convictions . </P> <P> About 3,000 prisoners write to the Innocence Project annually, and at any given time the Innocence Project is evaluating 6,000 to 8,000 potential cases . </P> <P> All potential clients go through an extensive screening process to determine whether or not they are likely to be innocent . If they pass the process, the Innocence Project takes up their case . In roughly half of the cases that the Innocence Project takes on, the clients' guilt is reconfirmed by DNA testing . Of all the cases taken on by the Innocence Project, about 43% of clients were proven innocent, 42% were confirmed guilty, and evidence was inconclusive and not probative in 15% of cases . In about 40% of all DNA exoneration cases, law enforcement officials identified the actual perpetrator based on the same DNA test results that led to an exoneration . </P> <P> The Innocence Project receives 45 percent of its funding from individual contributions, 30 percent from foundations, 15 percent from an annual benefit dinner, 7 percent from the Cardozo School of Law, and the rest from corporations . </P>

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