The Digital Evidence Innocence Initiative is the first and only organization in the nation dedicated to exonerating the innocent and preventing wrongful convictions in cases involving digital evidence. The Digital Evidence Innocence Initiative is an independent organization, founded by a criminal defense investigator, criminal defense attorney, and a certified digital forensic examiner. Initially, the focus was to apply new technology for post-conviction review in cases where the digital evidence was a deciding factor. The initiative evolved to also provide expert forensic services and training for the defense community, and to advance a uniformed national standard for preventing wrongful convictions in cases involving digital evidence. Our goal is to create a national standard using a proactive triage approach to manage cases involving potentially time-sensitive digital evidence, to reduce pre-trial incarceration, and prevent future wrongful convictions. Founder - Michael Udvardy The Digital Evidence Innocence Initiative was developed in 2018 by Michael Udvardy, a Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator, creator of the Digital Evidence Case Assessment Method DECAM and owner of IRIS LLC, a Connecticut based criminal defense investigative firm. Co-Founder - James Oulundsen Jim is a cross-trained, criminal defense investigator, Encase and Cellebrite Certified digital forensic expert, and Laboratory Manager at eLab Forensics. Co-Founder - William Paetzold Esq. Bill is a founding partner at Moriarty, Paetzold & Sherwood and was admitted to the Connecticut and Federal Bar in 1990. He began his career as a Public Defender, and worked as a criminalist at the Connecticut State Crime Lab. DEII provides cost-effective certified digital forensic services nationwide through eLab, www.elabforensics.com, an independent digital forensic laboratory that provides services and support to public defender organizations.