Case Status Hearing Update Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Will fill in later.

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Subject:	Unable to follow through on commitment
From:	Georgia Innocence Project (gip@georgiainnocenceproject.org)
To:	jeaverydvm87@att.net;
Cc:	matt@georgiainnocenceproject.org;
Date:	Tuesday, January 31, 2017 7:23 PM

Dear Mr. Avery,

I am the interim director of the Georgia Innocence Project.

Thank you very much for your very generous $10,000 donation to the GIP.  We are grateful for your interest in and support of our organization.  

Matt, our recently hired Operations and Communications Manager, told me about your phone conversation with him and his promise that GIP could notify the judge in your case, Judge McCoyd, about your $10,000 contribution.

I'm afraid that Matt was mistaken, and we are unable to make good on that promise. GIP's bylaws, acceptance criteria, and policies prohibit us from getting involved in court cases or communicating to a judge or prosecutor on behalf of someone unless the person is our client. Our case acceptance criteria requires, among other things, we can only accept clients who have been convicted of a serious felony and have finished all of their direct appeals.

Because it appears that you've donated to us with the understanding that we would contact Judge McCoyd on your behalf and because we are unable to do that, we have refunded your $10,000 donation.  It will take 3 to 5 days to be fully refunded back to your credit card. We sincerely apologize for our mistake and we hope this does not inconvenience you.

Thank you again for contacting and supporting the the Georgia Innocence Project. We wish you the very best of luck on your case.

Sincerely,

Clare Gilbert

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Georgia Innocence Project

2645 N. Decatur Rd. / Decatur, GA 30033

T: 404.373.4433 / F: 404.373.6643

www.georgiainnocenceproject.org 

gip@georgiainnocenceproject.org 

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