Georgia Innocence Project Inc.

“Walter jospin wendy shoob board member board member spouse”

“The draft 990 is reviewed by the board's executive committee for accuracy, then is provided to the full board for review before being filed.”

“Board members fill out a conflicts form each year, if a conflict is identified it is documented, along with any steps taken to mitigate the conflict.”

“Compensation for the executive director is determined by the board of directors after reviewing data from the guidestar nonprofit compensation report, as well as information from the forms 990 of similarly situated nonprofits in the atlanta area.”

“Compensation for key employees is determined by the executive director using the same resources. Compensation decisions, and changes to compensation are documented contemporaneously within each employee's file.”

“Forms are made available to the public upon request. Forms 990 can be found through guidestar and other similar services.”

“Georgia innocence project's mission is to: free the imprisoned innocent using dna-related post-conviction litigation. Educate others about the problem of wrongful convictions. Advance practices to prevent others from suffering the same fate. Connect the exonerated with resources to help rebuild their lives.”

“With help from co-counsel, we secured the exoneration of kerry robinson after 18 years of wrongful conviction; won 2 major cases before the georgia supreme court; secured the freedom of johnny gates after 43 years of wrongful conviction (26 years on death row); and helped start an innocence clinic at a law school in alabama as we responsibly transition out of alabama. On the policy front, gip and exonerees educated over 900 students and over 1000 members of the public about race and wrongful convictions on wrongful conviction day. We continued our partnership with the atlanta hawks and head coach lloyd pierce, and worked in collaboration with other organizations on policy issues ranging from covid-19 response to compensation legislation, and full funding of appellate public defenders. We continued monthly exoneree gatherings and expanded our client services program to provide direct support to new exonerees and freed clients.”