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January, 2024 - Update to my fundraising cards



The purchase of my "sending you a big hug" penguin cards (and all of my cards that have been stamped with "This card helps to reform the criminal justice system!") helps to support the Innocence Project. 

Founded in 1992, the Innocence Project works to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone. 

Since its inception, the Innocence Project has helped to free or exonerate hundreds of wongfully convicted people, pass transformative state laws and federal reforms, and advance the innocence movement. 

You can read all about the organization's amazing work here, and find out further ways that you can help their mission here. 

To find out more about the experiences of the wrongfully convicted in the United States, I recommend reading Albert Woodfox's book, Solitary: My Story of Transformation and Hope. Mr. Woodfox served more than four decades in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit. His book is devastatingly profound. 

I also recommend watching the fascinating series The Innocence Files. It is currently available through Netflix (at least in the USA). Each episode follows a different person who has suffered at the hands of the US criminal justice system, whether through the use of junk forensic science, racist or corrupt police departments, or vindictive attorney offices. It will make you mad, but it's an important show to watch.