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The answer to most open cases is already written down somewhere: a court file, an old news story, a podcast interview. JUST puts 48,365 open cases in one public file so you can read the record and work it live with other people and an AI that reads the evidence.
Somebody, somewhere, is reading the right page.
A short film about the people who keep open cases alive. The people in it are fictional and were made with AI video tools; the product and its screens are real, and the busy room is our labelled demo.
What it looks like when a case fills up.
Hundreds of people from different cities, each holding one piece. Quotes checked against the documents, a timeline that builds itself, red string where people see a connection, and an AI that says where everything came from.
Dated events appear here as people add them.
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Homicides and other crimes with no one held responsible. Some are a century old. Some are from this year.
4,986 cases →Help find someonePeople who disappeared and have not been found. Every one has a last confirmed sighting and someone still looking.
27,323 cases →Help give someone their name backPeople found without a name. Identification usually starts with one detail someone recognizes.
15,621 cases →Take a second look at a convictionConvictions that were overturned, and innocence claims courts are ruling on this week. Read what the evidence was and where it broke.
435 cases →Every state has open files.
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- ReadOhio’s Laws Make it More Difficult to Right a Wrongful Conviction
Stories with no ending yet.
Harbor City serial shootings
The Harbor City serial shootings were an unsolved series of drive-by shootings committed in the Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, during the early months of 1993. A total of four black men were shot within a two-block radius, three of them fatally. Despite a detailed description of the perpetrator and his car given by the surviving victim and witnesses to the murders, he remains…
1959 · CaliforniaUnsolved
Bouncing Ball Killer
The Bouncing Ball Killer, also known as the Bouncing Ball Slayer, the Bouncing Ball Strangler, and the Rubber Ball Strangler, was an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have raped and murdered at least six women between May 1959 and June 1960 in Los Angeles, California. A majority of the victims were elderly, and all but one were strangled to death. During the investigation, a multitude of suspects were…
1981 · OhioUnsolved
Dr. No
Dr. No is the nickname given to a suspected American serial killer thought to be responsible for the murders of at least ten women and girls in Ohio, between 1981 and 1990. As victims, Dr.
1904 · OhioUnsolved
Cumminsville Killer
The Cumminsville Killer, also known as the Cumminsville Ripper, the Slouch Hat Man and the Man Gorilla, was an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have claimed five victims in the Cumminsville neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, between 1904 and 1910. Theories have surfaced tying the murders in Cumminsville to the Dayton Strangler, another unidentified serial killer believed to have been…
1917 · WisconsinUnsolved
Milwaukee Police Department bombing
The Milwaukee Police Department bombing was a November 24, 1917, bomb attack that killed nine members of local law enforcement and a civilian in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The perpetrators were never caught but are suspected to be an anarchist terrorist cell operating in the United States in the early 20th century. The target was initially an evangelical church in the Third Ward and only killed the police officers when…
1939 · NevadaUnsolved
1939 City of San Francisco derailment
On August 12, 1939, the City of San Francisco train derailed outside of Harney, Nevada, United States, killing 24 and injuring 121 passengers and crew. The derailment was caused by sabotage of the tracks. Despite a manhunt, reward offers, and years of investigation by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP), the case remains unsolved.
They say they did not do it. Courts are answering.
Innocence claims ruled on in the last few days, and people the Innocence Project represents.
Thomas M. Overton v. State of Florida & Thomas M. Overton v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Florida issued an opinion on November 13, 2026 that deals with an innocence claim. From the opinion: “…is no such thing under Florida law as an “actual innocence” claim independent of newly discovered evidence…”
2026 · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkIn courtMatter of Gianna A.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York issued an opinion on November 13, 2026 that deals with an innocence claim. From the opinion: “…With respect to the alleged "new evidence" of actual innocence cited by respondent, that "evidence" existed…”
2026 · Supreme Court of ArkansasIn courtMartinous Moore v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction
Supreme Court of Arkansas issued an opinion on November 12, 2026 that deals with an innocence claim. From the opinion: “…by law he or she is entitled to bail, or actual innocence.” Farrakhan v. Payne, 2026 Ark. 144, at 1–2…”
2007 · TexasInnocence Project caseMelissa Lucio
Melissa Lucio was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for the accidental death of her daughter.
2020 · PennsylvaniaExonerated 2020Termaine Hicks
In 2002, Termaine Hicks was wrongly convicted of a sexual assault he did not commit in Philadelphia. He was exonerated in 2020.
2024 · New YorkExonerated 2024Renay Lynch
In 2024, Renay Lynch was exonerated of a 1995 murder in Amherst, New York by DNA testing obtained by the Innocence Project.
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No naming suspects
Post what a record says and link it. Guessing hurts real people.
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