Dear John,

We met in 1976 while working as public defenders at the Bronx Legal Aid Society. By 1987, we litigated with students in a clinic at Cardozo School of Law — a groundbreaking DNA case in the Bronx that directly led to a National Academy of Sciences report addressing the transfer of DNA technology for medical and research purposes to the forensic arena. By 1992, the Innocence Project began as a clinic, using DNA testing to prove innocence and overturn wrongful convictions.

Back in the ‘80s, we could only dream about the Innocence Project becoming what it is today, and that we’d have a hand in helping free or exonerate more than 250 people and our organization would be involved in passing close to 300 state and federal statutes designed to reform the system and prevent wrongful convictions from occurring in the first place.

Today, we come to you asking for your support to help carry on this incredible legacy of securing justice in 2025. John, can you rush a 2X-matched gift now to help us reach our $300,000 end-of-year goal?

John, you’ve been a part of this legacy as you’ve answered the call when we asked time and time again — whether it was signing petitions, calling government officials, or making generous contributions — and we greatly appreciate your ongoing commitment to our fight to free the wrongly incarcerated.

With your help, this year we:

With your 2X-matched gift, we can accomplish even more in 2025.

John, we know we’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again: None of this work would have been possible without you. We’ve been fighting the good fight since 1992 — and we’ll keep fighting until every wrongfully incarcerated person is free. We just need you with us.

So, if you want to take part in our mission to free the innocent and prevent wrongful convictions, will you make a donation now to help us reach our $300K end-of-year goal? Your donation will be 2X-matched until our MIDNIGHT DEADLINE on Dec. 31.

Thank you,