Rocky Mountain Innocence Center

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Rocky Mountain Innocence Center PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to give legal advice or accept cases over Facebook.

“An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”

The only nonprofit fighting wrongful convictions in UT•NV•WY
Join our fight, or follow our efforts ⇩ Contact:

The Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Mailing Address
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
[email protected]
801-355-1888

Contact RMIC if you are a prisoner in need of assistance, a law enforcement official, crime victim, or policymaker concerned about wrongful convictions, or a community member who would like to get involved in or support our work. To find out how to contact us and submit your case for consideration, please visit our website here: http://rminnocence.org/request-help/

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With the generous support of individuals like you the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center can continue its mission. You too can support our work by donating to RMIC:
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Thank you to Utah Film Center and the Black, Bold & Brilliant team for bringing When a Witness Recants to the screen and...
10/08/2026

Thank you to Utah Film Center and the Black, Bold & Brilliant team for bringing When a Witness Recants to the screen and inviting us to be part of last night’s conversation!

Utah Film Center

Tomorrow night, join us for a free screening of When a Witness Recants at the Utah Film Center.The film examines the wro...
10/06/2026

Tomorrow night, join us for a free screening of When a Witness Recants at the Utah Film Center.

The film examines the wrongful convictions of three Baltimore teenagers, who spent 36 years in prison after coerced eyewitness testimony shaped their case. After the screening, RMIC Executive Director Kristy Columbia will join the Black, Bold & Brilliant team for a Q&A.

Wednesday, October 7 | 7 p.m.
Utah Film Center, 375 W 400 N, Salt Lake City
Free with English captions

Learn more: utahfilmcenter.org/film-screening/when-a-witness-recants

A conviction can outlast the evidence behind it.RMIC brings specialized innocence investigation and legal advocacy to pe...
09/30/2026

A conviction can outlast the evidence behind it.

RMIC brings specialized innocence investigation and legal advocacy to people across Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. That is a lot of ground to cover for a small organization working case by case, record by record, and lead by lead.

For someone in prison, a second look is not abstract. It can be the difference between more lost years and a path forward.

Help fund the investigation and legal advocacy that keep innocence cases moving across all three states. Donate today using the link in our bio.

Fi****ms evidence is often presented as if it can identify one specific gun with certainty.In reality, those conclusions...
09/24/2026

Fi****ms evidence is often presented as if it can identify one specific gun with certainty.

In reality, those conclusions depend on the quality of the marks, the condition of the evidence, the method used, and the limits of the examiner’s analysis. Those limits matter, especially when the evidence is central to a conviction.

The goal is not to dismiss science. It is to make sure it is accurate, transparent, and honestly explained.

A recent WyoFile report examines concerns at Wyoming’s crime lab and the resulting review of gun-involved prosecutions: https://wyofile.com/wyoming-crime-lab-problem-prompts-review-of-gun-involved-prosecutions/

CODIS is the FBI’s DNA database system, used to compare eligible DNA profiles across cases.For RMIC and other innocence ...
09/23/2026

CODIS is the FBI’s DNA database system, used to compare eligible DNA profiles across cases.

For RMIC and other innocence organizations, it can matter when biological evidence from an older case is tested or retested. A CODIS hit may point to another case or a possible alternative suspect, creating a new lead where one did not exist before.

RMIC cannot search CODIS directly, and a lack of a hit does not settle a case. But when evidence has been preserved, DNA testing can open a path that was unavailable at trial.

Learn more about CODIS: https://knowyourdna.com/codis/

We've talked about why some forensic methods have been overstated in court. Now lets discuss why the differences between...
09/23/2026

We've talked about why some forensic methods have been overstated in court. Now lets discuss why the differences between them matter.

DNA testing has helped expose wrongful convictions and can remain useful for decades when evidence is properly preserved. But DNA is not available in every case, and a result still has to be carefully interpreted in context.

Other evidence, including bite-mark analysis, hair comparison, bloodstain-pattern analysis, fi****ms evidence, and fingerprint identification, carries its own methods, limits, and level of reliability.

Jurors deserve clear information about what evidence can show, what it cannot, and how much weight it should carry.

Some methods once treated as reliable in court, including bite-mark analysis, hair comparison, bloodstain-pattern analys...
09/22/2026

Some methods once treated as reliable in court, including bite-mark analysis, hair comparison, bloodstain-pattern analysis, and fingerprint identification, have been shown to have important limitations or lack a strong scientific foundation. Yet popular culture and courtroom testimony can make these methods seem far more certain than they are.

This week, RMIC is sharing why careful, independent review of forensic evidence matters.

A scientific conclusion is only as reliable as the methods behind it, the information considered, and the way it is explained in court.

When someone’s freedom is on the line, “science” should never be treated as a shortcut to certainty.

Thank you to everyone who gave, shared, and stood with RMIC during our Nevada matching campaign.We are especially gratef...
09/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who gave, shared, and stood with RMIC during our Nevada matching campaign.
We are especially grateful to the Nevada Bar Foundation for its generous $12,500 challenge grant and its belief in the people still fighting to prove their innocence.

Your support helps RMIC investigate wrongful-conviction claims, review evidence, pursue DNA testing when available, and provide the legal advocacy Nevada clients need to keep moving forward.

To every donor who helped make this work possible: thank you for believing that a conviction should never be beyond question.

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358 S 700 E
Salt Lake City, UT
84102

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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(801) 355-1888

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