Our Mission

KIP, Inc. exists to help bring truth and freedom to those wrongfully convicted in Kentucky. We raise funds and awareness to support the Kentucky Innocence Project’s work—providing resources for DNA testing, expert analysis, and legal advocacy that defend human and civil rights.


Together, we strive to restore justice and rebuild lives impacted by wrongful conviction.

About Us

Who We Are

We support the work


Litigation

We provide litigation support in the area of factual investigations and the use of experts in assessing and presenting claims in Kentucky courts.

Trusted Professionals

We provide attorney, staff and legal extern support in specialized education in the areas of forensics and wrongful conviction.

Exoneree

We provide exoneree support for those that have been released from prison.

What We Do

Free the Innocent

Our Exonerees

John Brandon Lamotte

John Brandon Lamotte

8 Years Lost

Reason for Wrongful Conviction: Witness Misidentification

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Edwin Chandler

9 years lost, 7 more on parole

Reasons for Wrongful Conviction: Witness Misidentification, False Confession, Perjury or False Testimony, Government Misconduct.

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Mike Von Allmen

13 years lost

Reason for Wrongful Conviction:

Witness Misidentification, Government Misconduct.

35 Year Sentence.

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Johnetta Carr

 4 years lost

Reasons for Wrongful Conviction:

Government Misconduct, Perjury or False Testimony, Evidence withheld from Defense.

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Norman Graham

9 years lost

Reason Sentence Vacated:

Newly discovered evidence

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Robert Yell

12 years lost

Cause of wrongful conviction:

Junk Science

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Juan Carlos Gonzales-Barbosa

5 years lost

Cause of wrongful conviction:

Unreliable witness testimony and ineffective assistance of counsel

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Jeffrey Clark

22 years lost

Cause of wrongful conviction:

Perjury; Invalidated Forensic Science; Police Misconduct

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William Virgil

28 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Unreliable witness testimony

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Jason Girts

3 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Perjury

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Samuel Plotnick

7 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel​

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Ben Kiper

7 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Perjury

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Timothy Smith

7 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Perjury

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William Gregory

7 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Eyewitness misidentification; invalidated forensic science

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Larry Osborne

4 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Reliance on coerced testimony of a juvenile witness

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Kerry Porter

14 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Eyewitness misidentification

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Susan King

6 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Police Misconduct

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Lacy Bedingfield

14 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Coerced Confession; Improper Forensic Evidence; Perjury

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Jacqulynn Green

7 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Government misconduct; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel​

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John Phillips

4 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Unreliable witness testimony; Inadequate forensic evidence​

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Denarrius Terry

4.5 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Unreliable witness testimony

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Herman May

13.5 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

Eyewitness misidentification

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Paul Hurt

18 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense

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Delmar Partin

25.5 years lost

Wrongful conviction: 

False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct

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Join The Fight for Justice

The Kentucky Innocence Project relies on the support of individuals and organizations to continue its work of freeing innocent people who have been wrongfully convicted. Donations play a crucial role in enabling the organization to provide pro bono legal representation, pay for DNA testing and other critical expenses, and advocate for reforms to the criminal justice system.


By making a donation to KIP, Inc, individuals and organizations can play a direct role in helping to right the wrongs of the criminal justice system and bring justice to those who have been wrongly convicted. Whether a one-time gift or a recurring donation, every contribution helps the organization continue its important work.

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"Donations help fund litigation and education efforts to combat wrongful convictions and support programs and essential services when clients are finally released from their wrongful imprisonment. Help us fight and break the chains of injustice in Kentucky by donating now.”

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Suzanne Hopf

Former Directing Attorney,

Kentucky Innocence Project

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