The Rocky Mountain
Innocence Center
Board of Directors
About Us
Jensie Anderson (Board President)
Clinical Professor of Law/Innocence Clinic Director
S.J. Quinney College of Law
Diane Courselle
Law Professor, Director of the Defender Aid Program
University of Wyoming College of Law
The Honorable Scott Daniels (Board Treasurer)
Former Utah State Legislator, Third District Court Judge, Utah State Bar President
Jennifer Eshelman, Attorney (Board Secretary)
Anderson & Karrenburg
Martin Geer
Director of Externship Programs, Clinical Professor of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law
Katherine Kruse
Professor of Law/Innocence Clinic Director
Daniel Medwed
Professor of Law/Former Director Second Chance Innocence Project
Linda Smith
Professor of Law/Clinical Director
Robert Steele, Attorney
Utah Federal Defenders
Alan Sullivan, Attorney
Snell and Wilmer
Loren Weiss, Attorney
Van Cott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy
David Williams, Attorney
Stoel Rives
The Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC) works to correct and prevent the conviction of innocent people in Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. RMIC also conducts education and advocacy about the causes and consequences of wrongful convictions.
No one benefits when an innocent person is convicted the crime victim receives neither justice nor closure; police and prosecutors have failed to get a criminal off the street; the publics trust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system is weakened; and precious public funds are wasted on the cost of trying, convicting, and imprisoning the wrong person.
Founded in 2000, RMIC relies on a network of law students and volunteer attorneys throughout Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming to investigate and litigate provable prisoner claims of innocence. In 2004 RMIC achieved the DNA exoneration of Bruce Dallas Goodman, who had served 18 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit.
RMIC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation with a paid staff of one and an active 12-member Board of Directors. Second- and third-year law students in Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming participate in an Innocence Clinic at their respective law schools through which they conduct factual investigations in cases that meet RMICs criteria for consideration. In those cases in which the students investigation uncovers new evidence of innocence, RMIC recruits a volunteer attorney to prepare an action for post-conviction relief. RMIC accepts both DNA and non-DNA cases.
In addition to providing legal services to prisoners with claims of innocence, RMIC also conducts outreach and education to police, prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, policymakers, the media, and the public about the causes and consequences of wrongful convictions. Through these educational activities, RMIC aims to improve post-conviction laws to assist innocent prisoners, as well as improve law enforcement practices and policies to make the criminal justice system more accurate. Improving the accuracy of our criminal justice system and creating safeguards to ensure that the right people are convicted is important not only to innocent defendants and their families, but also to crime victims, law enforcement officials, and the general public alike.
Prisoners seeking assistance should write to RMIC at 358 South 700 East, B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102. To reach us for another reason, please call 801-355-1888 or send an email to RMIC_qwest.net
© 2009 Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
358 South 700 East, B235, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: 801-355-1888 E-Mail: RMIC_Qwest.net
