Prosecutors and Conviction Integrity Units

This Project is the outgrowth of a series of conversations between Patricia Cummings, Emily Maw, and the Zimroth Center at NYU School of Law. Cummings and Maw are former prosecutors who have collectively led conviction integrity units in three different prosecutors' offices. In undertaking this project, we seek to include the perspective of people who have done conviction integrity work inside a prosecutor's office — a perspective largely missing from the conversation about this work. Each of the conversations addresses challenges facing conviction integrity work today, lessons learned, and potential paths forward. The conversation topics are the product of joint research and discussion between the Zimroth Center, Cummings, and Maw, as well as consultation with prosecutors, former and current elected officials, and other practitioners across the country.