This funding opportunity supports states and local governments in covering costs related to postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases. The goal is to assist in cases where DNA testing results might demonstrate actual innocence, helping to ensure justice.
Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, public and state-controlled higher education institutions, and other units of local government such as towns, boroughs, parishes, and villages.
