Since 1990 there have been 94 wrongly convicted people who have been exonerated and freed from Massachusetts State Prisons.

                        –National Registry of Exonerations

The Wrongful Conviction Day rally was a huge success!  Thank you to NEIP Director Attorney Radha Natarajan and CPCS Innocence Program Director Attorney Lisa Kavanaugh for their efforts. I have been told that Senator Liz Maranda, and exoneree Sean Ellis were great motivational speakers.  My daughter, Amber, was amazing leading our family and team, standing out at the event in bold, purple shirts. Seeing the pictures, my heart was overwhelmed by all of your love and support.

The Wrongful Conviction event was amazing at bringing awareness to those who’ve been wrongly convicted.  Imagine being arrested, charged, convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of your natural life in prison for a horrific crime that you did not commit. You are desperate for help and for someone to listen to your story. Imagine being thrown into the legal system and completely steamrolled simply because you do not understand the system. You are taken from your family, your children, your home and locked away, alone, isolated and afraid.

On November 6th, the Run for Innocence (RFI) team will be holding their annual fund raiser. Local Innocence Programs rely on generous contributions, made by people like you, to hire experts and investigators to work on cases to free the wrongly convicted. With your support, NEIP and CPCS IP can continue to help wrongly convicted people like me. In fact, the CPCS IP, led by Director Lisa Kavanaugh, has used RFI funds for experts in my case. For that we are extremely grateful.  And although our legal team is still working hard on my case, we feel strongly that it is never too early to start paying it forward.

These innocence programs bring hope and light to darkness and despair. These organizations are led by selfless, passionate attorneys and include investigators and various experts working tirelessly to prove actual innocence.

Please consider supporting the RFI fundraiser by participating in this year’s event. Donations can be made right here. If you would like to register to run or walk with “Team Brian Peixoto,” just follow the prompts to register here.

Your generous contributions will enable these programs to continue to help wrongly convicted people, like me, and give so many innocent people hope for freedom and for a better tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone for your continued love and support and together, with your help, we will all be #One Day Closer.

Brian