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title: 'LEGISLATION: Innocence Protection Act Signed Into Law'
description: 'President Bush signed into law the Justice for All Act (H.R.5107) that includes a version of the Innocence Protection Act. The bill was co-sponsored by…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/legislation-innocence-protection-act-signed-into-law'
section: news
date: '2004-11-02T16:33:06-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:22:20-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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President Bush signed into law the Justice for All Act (H.R.5107) that includes a version of the **Innocence Protection Act.** The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Orrin Hatch (R.-Ut.). It will create a post-conviction testing process to protect innocent defendants and provide training funds for the defense and prosecution in death penalty cases. (Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 2, 2004). See [the Justice Project](http://justice.policy.net/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=37302&PROACTIVE_ID=cecececec9c9cbc9ccc5cecfcfcfc5cecec9cfcaceccc6c7c8c5cf) for more details on the law.