16.820: Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

16.820

Active

Office of Justice Programs (OJP) [DOJ]

July 27, 2022

July 27, 2022

GOAL: To fund projects that assist States and units of local government with postconviction DNA testing in cases of violent felony offenses where actual innocence might be demonstrated. OBJECTIVES: Program objectives with respect to target number of cases to be reviewed and other concrete goals must be outlined in the proposal. Funded projects are expected to implement some aspect of each of the following activities, except for case identification, which is not mandatory: 1. Identify potential postconviction DNA testing cases. A maximum of 15 percent of the proposed budget may be dedicated to case identification activities. 2. Review appropriate postconviction cases to identify those in which DNA testing could prove the actual innocence of a person convicted of a violent felony offense as defined by state law. 3. Locate biological evidence associated with such postconviction cases. 4. Perform DNA analysis of appropriate biological evidence.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

The following entities are eligible to apply: • States • Units of local government • Public institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) For the purposes of this solicitation, the term “state” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. BJA will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire project. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.

Ensures the availability of fair and impartial administration of justice to Americans who may have been unjustly convicted.

16.746 - Capital Case Litigation Initiative

https://sam.gov/fal/eab0f5bf3d384b4682377364941a18bb/view