Dear friends,
I recently had the privilege of sitting down with exonerees and family members of those who have suffered the injustice of a wrongful conviction. I hope you will take just 5 minutes of your day to watch this special conversation (click the video above).
We talked about what it was like for them to be released from prison after decades of wrongful incarceration. They reflected on the tremendous losses, but also recounted the joyful moments that could only happen outside the prison walls, from the seemingly mundane – like taking a bath or breathing in the night air – to the profound – like building a family and raising one’s voice for change.
At NEIP, we are privileged to work every day to make more of these joyful moments possible for people across New England. But, we can't do this work alone. We need your help.
There’s still time to make a tax-deductible year-end gift. Your support will make a direct impact, an impact that is measured in joyous moments of freedom, the reunification of families, and the righting of wrongs.
Will you consider making a gift by midnight tonight?
If you already made a year-end gift, we're incredibly grateful!
Thank you for being such a special part of our community.
Most sincerely,
Stephanie Hartung
Senior Staff Attorney,
New England Innocence Project
"Jumping out of a plane 10,000 feet in the air -
it made me actually feel like I was truly free."
– Frederick Clay, 38 years in prison
NPR interviewed exonerees Frederick Clay and Malcolm Alexander about what it means to receive compensation after being wrongfully convicted and spending decades in prison, and about the simple pleasures that can only be experienced in freedom.