DPIC has prepared a summary of the Innocence Protection Act of 2004, which became law on October 30, 2004 as part of the Justice for All Act. The law provides rules and procedures for federal inmates applying for DNA testing, creates the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program for state inmates applying for testing, and authorizes $25 million over five years to help states pay the cost of post-conviction DNA testing. Read DPIC’s Summary of the Innoecnce Protection Act of 2004. See also Recent Legislative Activity and Innocence.