Seattle Clemency Project

Help us end excessive punishments for people left behind by the justice system.

At Seattle Clemency Project, we believe people serving excessive punishments for decades-old convictions should not have to wait for policy change to gain freedom from long-term incarceration or to challenge unjust deportation. For the past ten years, Seattle Clemency Project has galvanized the private legal community in Washington to provide free legal services to people facing extreme consequences of old convictions through discretionary review processes that can be pursued if you can afford a lawyer. SCP believes no one should be left behind because they cannot afford a lawyer.

Together, Seattle Clemency Project Staff, over 400 volunteer lawyers, and over 150 student interns, delivered high-quality legal services and reentry support that led to the release of 120 people from prison who were serving long or life sentences, and prevented deportation for 68 people who were facing permanent banishment from the United States. These life-altering outcomes would not have been possible without SCP's free legal services. Learn more about why and how we do it in our Decade in Review Report.

Now, more than ever, when immigrants with old convictions are being targeted in cruel ways, and support for low-income people is diminishing, we need your help to ensure those who have been left behind by the criminal legal system get the free legal services they deserve.

Give now to end extreme punishments for more people in Washington.

Watch how SCP's free legal services can prevent unjust deportation here: