Write to us.
Karen and Susan read every email and every letter. If you write to us, we will write you back. Free, always, no exceptions.
Pick the door that fits.
Each of the routes below opens an email with a pre-filled subject line, so the right person on our end sees it first. None of them takes longer than a minute.
I need help. Or someone I love does.
You are wrongfully convicted, or you are family or counsel writing on behalf of one. We will respond personally and walk you through where to start. Free, always.
Write to us → Door 02I'm a reporter, producer, or editor.
Same-day response. Karen and Susan are available on the record on the seven topics listed in the Newsroom. We will send the supporting materials.
Request an interview → Door 03I'm an attorney or advocate who wants to help.
We always need post-conviction counsel, paralegals, medical experts on no-crime cases, and pro-bono researchers. Send your bar admissions and areas of practice and we will route you to the case where you make the most difference.
Offer to help → Door 04Something else.
Speaking invitation, partnership, donor introduction, student inquiry, or just a question. Use this door if none of the others fit. We will route it from our end.
Send a note →Three things happen.
There is no automated system. There is no triage bot. There is no portal you have to log in to. There is Karen, there is Susan, and there is a kitchen table.
Your message lands.
Karen and Susan see every email and every letter. Not an intake coordinator. Not a chatbot. The two co-founders.
You hear back.
A real reply from one of them. If your case is in our service area or our wheelhouse, we'll ask the questions we need to start. If it isn't, we'll tell you who is — by name, with the phone number.
We sit beside you.
We help you fill out the paperwork — habeas, writ of actual innocence, clemency, Governor letters. We point you to a lawyer. We help tell your story to the press. It costs nothing. It will always cost nothing.
Mail works too.
SKInnocence Clinic
Attn: Intake
P.O. Box [TO BE CONFIRMED]
Burtonsville, MD 20866
If you are incarcerated and writing on your own behalf, send your letter to the address at left. Use plain paper, both sides — write small if you need to. Include your full legal name, your DOC number, your facility, your charge, and your year of conviction.
Tell us the one thing about your case that feels most wrong. One paragraph is enough. We will write you back within a week of your letter's arrival. We do not require fees, postage stamps, or self-addressed envelopes — though if you have them, they make our work easier.
If a family member or friend is writing on behalf of someone inside, please include the woman's full legal name, DOC number, and facility, along with your relationship and the best email or phone we can reach you on.
A note, plainly written.
If email is easier than mail, you can use the form below. We will read it the same day. You can use a real name or a pseudonym — your privacy is yours to set.
If you are not sure where to begin, write one paragraph: who you are, what happened, what you would like our help with. We will write back with the questions that come after.
If you write to us, we will write you back.
Free Always No exceptions