conviction integrity unit

"Intake and Triage of CIU Review Applications" was held as a online discussion on March 24, 2021 at 3pm EDT: Established in 2007, Dallas County’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the longest serving CIU in the United States. Over the last 14 years, the Dallas County CIU, currently led by Cynthia Garza, has been a model for other CIUs that have been created throughout the country. Much like other CIUs, Dallas County saw an influx of review applications once more people learned about what the unit was doing. Ms.

“The Trials and Tribulations of Discovering Brady Violations During a CIU Review” was presented as part of the Conviction Integrity Unit series through subgrantee APA on February 25, 2021 at 3pm ET. According to a report released by the National Registry of Exonerations in September 2020, official misconduct contributed to the wrongful conviction of 54% of people who were later exonerated.