Prison Letters Project

Letters Database

With the permission and participation of incarcerated people who write to us, we are logging their letters into a public database.

Wrongful Conviction, Coercion of Witnesses, Evidence Tampering, Judicial Error, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Batson Violation, Prosecutorial Misconduct Prison Letters Project Wrongful Conviction, Coercion of Witnesses, Evidence Tampering, Judicial Error, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Batson Violation, Prosecutorial Misconduct Prison Letters Project

T.Y. writing from California

“I am an innocent man who has been on death row since my wrongful conviction in 2006.”

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M.M. writing from Illinois

"I've been pro se in the courts so I am continuously railroaded. I have all the proof you need to know that I am dead serious. There are so many High Stakes Players involved in my case... That why these people treat me like a colored person in the 1950's South."

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Wrongful Conviction, Judicial Error, Mishandling of Evidence, Withheld Evidence Prison Letters Project Wrongful Conviction, Judicial Error, Mishandling of Evidence, Withheld Evidence Prison Letters Project

J.S. writing from Ohio

“The video camera evidence and knife in the photograph[ic] evidence all disappeared and/or [were] purposely not collected. Something happened to all of the evidence in my favor. It was either altered, destroyed[,] not collected and/or purposely lost.”

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M.C. writing from Texas

"In my case, the forensic evidence used against me are worth reconsidering. There is a reasonable probability my infant daughter died a SIDS related death and not a smothering death...[The State's forensic scientist] was admonished on several occasions [for] wholly misrepresenting the cause of death to the jury."

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Wrongful Conviction, Coerced Confession, Racial Discrimination, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Prison Letters Project Wrongful Conviction, Coerced Confession, Racial Discrimination, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Prison Letters Project

R.G. writing from Texas

“Since I was discharged in 2008, I have been back to prison three times for not registering… [I] was asked why I did not want to register. The answer I gave them was I will not register to something I am not.”

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Disclaimer

Information appearing in the database reflects our understanding of letter-writers' situations and legal claims based on our correspondence with them, and may not be complete and comprehensive.

If you are interested in learning more about a particular person's case or connecting with them, please write us at prisonlettersproject@yale.edu

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Prison Letters Project, c/o Emily Bazelon, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511.