John,

In 2001, my wife Jane was watching the news when she learned about a man named Kenny Waters who had just been freed after 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

He had been exonerated with the help of the Innocence Project and his sister, Betty Anne Waters, who put herself through college and law school for the sole purpose of helping her brother. That kind of faith, commitment, and love just blew me away — so I decided to make a movie about it called "Conviction".

Before making this film, I just kind of assumed that if someone was thrown in jail, they probably deserved to be there. But after seeing Kenny’s story and learning more about the Innocence Project, I realized just how wrong I had been — how shockingly often innocent people are put behind bars and how critical this work is.

That was more than 20 years ago. Since then, I’ve become deeply invested in the innocence movement, and now I’m proud to serve as an Innocence Project board member.

The Innocence Project’s biggest fundraising deadline of the year is coming up in just a few days, so I’m asking you to make a donation right now to help support their mission of freeing the innocent and transforming the system that wrongfully convicts people: [[link removed]]

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After getting more involved with the Innocence Project, I very quickly realized that stories like Kenny’s are not an anomaly. There are far too many people who are still locked up for crimes they didn’t commit, and each of them has a similarly infuriating story of injustice. That’s why organizations like this are so important — they are fighting to save lives every single day.

The numbers and powerful client testimonies don’t lie: The Innocence Project has helped free or exonerate 241 people who’ve spent a collective 3,754 years in prison and has fought to pass more than 200 policies at the state and federal level to help transform this system.

Work like this is never easy, but together we are creating a united front to fight for the innocent and let them know that we will not stop until they see the justice they deserve.

But this can’t happen without you. Please, make a donation before the end-of-year deadline and let’s come together to fix this broken system: [[link removed]]

Thank you so much,

Tony Goldwyn
Board Member and Ambassador
Innocence Project


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The Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. Founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, the organization is now an independent nonprofit. Our work is guided by science and grounded in antiracism.

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