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ALABAMA
ALABAMA EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
114 North Hull Street
Montgomery, AL 36104-3796
Tel: 334 - 269 - 1803 Fax: 334 - 269 - 1806
Attn: Bryan Stevenson
ALASKA
ALASKA LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
1016 West 6th Avenue, Suite 200
Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Tel: 907 - 276 - 6282
ARIZONA
ARIZONA FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
222 N Central Avenue, Suite 810
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Tel: 602 - 379 - 3670 Fax: 602 - 379 - 4300
Attn: Denise I Young
ARIZONA STATEWIDE LEGAL SERVICES
305 South 2nd Avenue
PO Box 311
Phoenix, Arizona, 85001 Tel: 602 - 252 - 3432
ARKANSAS
LEGAL SERVICES OF ARKANSAS
615 West Markham Street, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Tel: 501 - 376 - 8015
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA APPELLATE PROJECT
1 Ecker Place, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94105-2750
Tel: 800 - 779 - 0507 & 415 - 495 - 0500
Fax: 415 - 495 - 5616
Attn: Michael G Millman
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR CAPITAL ASSISTANCE
529 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Tel: 415 - 621 - 8860 Fax: 415 - 621 - 8830
Attn: Scharlette Holdman
CALIFORNIA STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER
801 K Street, Suite 1100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916 - 322 - 7442 Fax: 916 - 327 - 0495
CALIFORNIA STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER
221 Main Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415 - 904 - 5600 Fax: 415 - 904 - 5635
LEGAL SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA
Solano County Office
930 Marin Street
Valleji, California 94590 Tel: 707 - 643 - 0054
COLORADO
COLORADO COALITION OF LEGAL SERVICES
LSC State Support Center
1905 Sherman Street, Suite 710
Denver, Colorado, 80203-4319 Tel: 303 - 830 - 1551
COLORADO OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
110 16th Street, Suite 800
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303 - 620 - 4888 Fax: 303 - 620 - 4931
Attn: David D Wymore
CONNECTICUT
CONNECTICUT TRIAL SERVICES UNIT
1 Hartford Square West
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: 203 - 566 - 5328 Fax: 203 - 566 - 2673
Attn: Patrick J Culligan
DELAWARE
DELAWARE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
913 Washington Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Tel: 302 - 575 - 0660
FLORIDA
FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES INC.
2121 Delta Blvd.
Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Tel: 904 - 385 - 7900
GEORGIA
GEORGIA INDIGENT DEFENSE COUNCIL
985 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanata, GA 30306
Tel: 404 - 894 - 2595 Fax: 404 - 206 - 5154
Attn: Mike Mears
GEORGIA LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM
161 Spring Street, Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Tel: 404 - 656 - 6021
GEORGIA RESOURCE CENTER
101 Marietta Tower, Suite 3310
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404 - 614 - 2014 Fax: 404 - 614 - 4656
Attn: Steve Bayliss & Beth Wells
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
83 Poplar Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303 - 2122
Tel: 404 - 688 - 1202 Fax: 404 - 688 - 9440
Attn: Stephen B Bright
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Contact: Tanya Greene
83 Poplar Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303-2122
Tel: 404 - 688 - 1201 Fax: 404 - 688 - 9440
E-mail: tgreene@schr.org
IDAHO
IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES
310 North 5th Street
PO Box 913
Boise,Idaho, 83701-0913 Tel: 208 - 336 - 8980
ILLINOIS
COOK COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER CAPITAL DEFENSE UNIT
2650 South California Street, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60608
Tel: 312 - 814 - 5100 Fax: 312 - 814 - 5951
ILLINOIS CAPITAL RESOURCE CENTER
600 West Jackson Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: 312 - 814 - 5100 Fax: 312 - 814 - 5951
Attn: Marshall Hartman
ILLINOIS STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER, CAPITAL LIT. DIV.
600 West Jackson Blvd. 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: 312 - 814 - 5100 Fax: 312 - 814 - 5951
LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT ILLINOIS
516 East Monroe Street, Suite 400
Springfield Illinois 62701 Tel: 217 - 544 - 0006
Organizations In Other States That Accept Cases From Any State
Center on Wrongful Convictions
Rob Warden, Executive Director
Steve Drizin, Legal Director
Northwestern University School of Law
357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wrongfulconvictions/
INDIANA
INDIANA LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT
151 North Delaware Street, 18th Floor
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Tel: 317 - 631 - 9410
PUBLIC DEFENDER OF INDIANA
1 North Capitol, Suite 800
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: 317 - 232 - 2475 Fax: 317 - 323 - 2307
Attn: Tom Hinseley
IOWA
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION OF IOWA
312 8th Street, Suite 300
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3828 Tel: 515 - 243 - 2151
HAWAII
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII
1108 Nuuanu Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 Tel: 808 - 536 - 4302
KANSAS
KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES INC.
712 South Kansas Avenue, Suite 200
Topeka, Kansas 66603 Tel: 913 - 223 - 2068
KENTUCKY
JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
200 Civic Plaza, 719 West Jefferson
Louisville, KY 40202
Tel: 502 - 574 - 3800 Fax: 502 - 574 - 4052
Attn: Daniel T Goyette
KENTUCKY CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION UNIT
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Suite 302
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502 - 564 - 3948 Fax: 502 - 564 - 3949
Attn: Randall Wheeler
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Suite 302
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: 502 - 564 - 8006
Attn: Allison Conally
OFFICE OF KENTUCKY LEGAL SERVICE
201 West Short Street, Suite 506
Lexington, Kentucky 40507 Tel: 606 - 233 - 3057
LOUISIANA
LOUISIANA CRISIS ASSISTANCE CENTER
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
Tel: 504 - 558 - 9867 Fax: 504 - 558 - 0378
Attn: Clive Stafford Smith
LOUISIANA LEGAL CONSORTIUM
6554 Florida Blvd., Suite 242
Baton Rouge Louisiana 70806 Tel: 504 - 924 - 5524
LOYOLA DEATH PENALTY RESOURCE CENTER
636 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113
Tel: 504 - 522 - 0578 Fax: 504 - 586 - 8155
Attn: Nicholas Trenticosta
MARYLAND
MARYLAND PUBLIC DEFENDER, CAPITAL DEFENSE DIV.
520 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: 301 - 333 - 4840 Fax: 301 - 333 - 3275
MASSACHUSETTS
MASSACHUSETTS LAW REFORM INSTITUTE
99 Chauncy Street
Boston Massachusetts 02111-1722 Tel: 617 - 357 - 0700
MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN LEGAL SERVICES
220 Bagley Avenue, Suite 900
Detroit, Michigan 48226 Tel: 313 - 964 - 4130
Prison Legal Services of Michigan
P.O. Box 828, Jackson, MI 49204 or
209 E. Washington Ave, Ste 201
Jackson, MI 49201
Sandra Gerald, Executive Director
Tel: 517-780-6639 Fax 517-780-5887
e-mail – plsminc@ameritech.net
Michigan Specific Innocence Organizations
Thomas M. Cooley Innocence Project
300 S. Capitol Ave. P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
http://www.cooley.edu/clinics/innocence.htm
INNOCENT!
Doug Tjapkes, President
20 W. Muskegon Avenue
Muskegon, MI 49440
Phone: (231) 728-7225 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (231) 728-7225 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
thedouger@chartermi.net
http://www.aboutinnocent.org/
PAROLE INTERVIEW PREPARATION
Parole Advocacy and Support Services
(professional preparation & representation concerning parole)
Gary Margosian
P.O. Box 2016
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
734/975-1305 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 734/975-1305
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA LEGAL SERVICES COALITION
46 East 4th Street, Suite 900
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Tel: 612 - 228 - 9105
MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI LEGAL SERVICES COALITION
775 North President Street, Suite 300
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 Tel: 601 - 944 - 0765
MISSOURI
MISSOURI PUBLIC DEFENDER, CAPITAL LITIGATION DIV.
1221 Locust Street, Suite 401
St Louis, MO 63103
Tel: 314 - 421 - 1058 Fax: 314 - 421 - 0829
Attn: Karen Kraft
MISSOURI PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CLINIC
5319 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Tel: 816 - 363 - 2795 Fax: 816 - 363 - 2799
Attn: Sean O' Brien
LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MISSOURI
625 North Euclid Avenue
Box 4999A
St. Louis, Missouri, 93108 Tel: 314 - 367 - 1700
MONTANA
MONTANA LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
801 North Last Chance Gulch
Helena, Montana 59601 Tel: 406 - 442 - 9830
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA CENTER FOR LEGAL SERVICES
1616 L Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 Tel: 402 - 477 - 6680
NEVADA
NEVADA APPLELLATE & POST-CONVICTION PROJECT
330 South 3rd Street, Suite 700
Las Vagas, NV 89101
Tel: 702 - 388 - 6577, Ext: 279 Fax: 702 - 388 - 6261
Attn: Michael Pescetta
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
15 Green Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Tel: 603 - 225 - 4700
NEW JERSEY
LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY
100 Metroplex Drive, Plainfield Avenue, Suite 402
PO Box 1357
Edison, New Jersey 08818-1357 Tel: 908 - 572 - 9100
NEW JERSEY PUBLIC DEFENDER, APPELLATE SECTION
PO Box 46003
Newark, NJ 46003
Tel: 201 - 877 - 1200 Fax: 201 - 877 - 1239
NEW MEXICO
NEW MEXICO LEGAL SERVICES SUPPORT
121 Tijeras Avenue, NE, Suite 3100
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3400 Tel: 505 - 243 - 7871
NEW YORK
NEW YORK CAPITAL DEFENDER OFFICE
80 Centre Street, Room 266
New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212 - 417 - 3187 Fax: 212 - 417 - 4175
Attn: Kevin M Doyle
NEW YORK CAPITAL DEFENDER, ALBANY OFFICE
Corning Tower, PO Box 2113
Albany, NY 12220
Tel: 518 - 473 - 9429 Fax: 518 - 473 - 9438
Attn: Randolph Treece
NEW YORK CAPITAL DEFENDER, ROCHESTER OFFICE
277 Alexander Street, Suite 201
Rochester, NY 14607
Tel: 716 - 232 - 5480 Fax: 716 - 232 - 2156
Attn: Tom Dunn
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
175 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 718 - 243 - 6473 Fax: 718 - 243 - 6404
Attn: Russell Neufeld
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION
200 Merrith Drive, Suite 201
Durham, NC 27713
Tel: 919 - 544 - 4650 Fax: 919 - 544 - 4620
Attn: Kenneth Rose
NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES
224 South Dawson Street
PO Box 27611
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27611 Tel: 919 - 856 - 2121
NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE APPELLATE DEFENDER
200 Merrith Drive, Suite 200
Durham, NC 27713 - 2287
Tel: 919 - 560 - 3334 Fax: 919 - 560 - 3288
Attn: Malcolm Ray Hunter Jr.
NORTH DAKOTA
LEGAL ASSISTANCE OF NORTH DAKOTA
1025 North 3rd Street
PO Box 2419
Bismark, North Dakota, 58502-1893 Tel: 701 - 222 - 2110
OHIO
OHIO PUBLIC DEFENDER, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DIVISION
8 East Long Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: 614 - 466 - 5394 Fax: 614 - 644 - 9972
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM, CAP. P-CON. DIV.
1660 Cross Center Drive
Norman, OK 73019
Tel: 405 - 325 - 3331 Fax: 405 - 325 - 7567
Attn: Sue Wycoff
OKLAHOMA LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
110 Cameron Vldg., 2915 Classen Blvd
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106 Tel: 405 - 557 - 1940
OREGON
OREGON LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
516 ES Morrison, Suite 1000
Portland, Oregon 97214-2340 Tel: 503 - 234 - 1534
PENNSYLVANIA
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, CAP. HABEAS
437 Chestnut Street, Suite 501
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: 215 - 928 - 0520 Fax: 215 - 928 - 0826
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, CAP. DEFENDER
121 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: 215 - 557 - 4961 Fax: 215 - 557 - 4920
PENNSYLVANIA POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER ORG.
Suite 501, The Lafayette Building
437 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 - 2414
Tel: 215 - 451 - 6500 Fax: 215 - 415 - 6555
Attn: Robert Dunham
PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL SERVICES
118 Locust Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Tel: 717 - 236 - 9486
RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES
77 Dorrance Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Tel: 401 - 274 - 2652
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES
2109 Bull Street
PO Box 7187
Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-7187 Tel: 803 - 252 - 0034
SOUTH CAROLINA POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER ORG.
PO Box 11311
Columbia, SC 29201
SOUTH CAROLINA POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER ORG.
1247 Sumter Street, Suite 303
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: 803 - 765 - 06501 Fax: 803 - 765 - 0705
SOUTH DAKOTA
EAST RIVER LEGAL SERVICES
335 North Main Avenue, Suite 300
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57102 Tel: 605 - 336 - 9230
TENNESSEE
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL SERVICES
211 Union Street, Suite 833
Nashville, Tennessee 37201-1586 Tel: 615 - 242 - 0438
TENNESSEE POST-CONVICTION DEFENDER
1320 Andrew Jackson Building, 500 Deadrick Street
Nashville, TN 37243
Tel: 615 - 741 - 9331 Fax: 615 - 741 - 9430
Attn: Donald Dawson
TEXAS
TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE
Suite 700, 412 Main Street
Houston, TX 77266
Tel: 713 - 222 - 7788 Fax: 713 - 222 - 0260
Attn: Mandy Welch
TEXAS LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
815 Brazos, Suite 1100
Austin, Texas 78701 Tel: 512 - 477 - 6000
TEXAS RESOURCE CENTER
Suite 201, 205 West 9th Street
Austin, TX 78767 - 0280
Tel: 512 - 320 - 8300 Fax: 512 - 477 - 2153
Attn: Eden Harrington
UTAH
UTAH LEGAL SERVICES INC.
254 West 4th Street, 2nd Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Tel: 801 - 328 - 8891
VERMONT
VERMONT LEGAL AID INC.
PO Box 1367, 12 North Street
Burlington, Vermont 05401 Tel: 802 - 863 - 5620
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA POST-CONVICTION ASSISTANCE PROJECT
PO Box 506
Richmond, VA 23204 - 0506
Tel: 804 - 643 - 6845 Fax: 804 - 643 - 6819
VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER
201 West Broad Street, Suite 302
Richmond, Virginia 23220 Tel: 804 - 782 - 9430
WEST VIRGINIA LEGAL SERVICE PLAN
1003 Quarrier Street, Suite 700
Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Tel: 304 - 342 - 6814
WASHINGTON, DC
THE PRO BONO INSTITUTE / LAW FIRM PRO BONO PROJECT
50 F Street, NW Suite 8300
Washington, DC 20001
Phone 202-662-9699 Fax 202-662-9683
probon@probonoist.org or http://www.probonoinst.org
WASHINGTON
EVERGREEN LEGAL SERVICES
101 Yesler Way, Suite 300
Seattle, Washington 98104 Tel: 206 - 464 - 5933
WISCONSIN
LEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN
230 West Wells Street, Room 800
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 Tel: 414 - 278 - 7777
WYOMING
LEGAL SERVICES FOR SOUTH EAST WYOMING
1620 Central Avenue, Suite 200
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001-4575 Tel: 307 - 634 - 1566
NATIONAL
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Death Penalty Representation Project
Contact: Elisabeth Semel
740 15th Street NW, Suite 1060
Washington, DC 20005-1009
Tel: 202 - 662 - 1995 Fax: 202 - 662 - 1995
E-mail: Esemel@aol.com Web: http://www.abanet.org/
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY RESOURCE CENTER
PO Box 11744
Columbia, SC 29211
Tel: 803 - 765 - 1044 Fax: 803 - 765 - 1143
Attn: David I Bruck
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY RESOURCE COUNSEL
PO Box 1243
Frankfort, KY 40602
Tel: 502 - 227 - 2142 Fax: 502 - 227 - 4669
Attn: Kevin McNally
HABEAS ASSISTANCE & TRAINING PROJECT
1900 Center Point Boulevard, No 80
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Tel: 904 - 877 - 7210 Fax: 904 - 671 - 7210
Attn: Mark E Olive
HABEAS ASSISTANCE & TRAINING PROJECT
PO Box 11744
Columbia, SC 29211
Tel: 803 - 765 - 1044 Fax: 803 - 765 - 1143
Attn: John H Blume
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10113
Tel: 212 - 219 - 1900 Fax: 212 - 219 - 2052
Attn: George Kendall
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
1627 K Street , NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202 - 872 - 8688 Ext: 224 Fax: 202 - 331 - 8269
Attn: Paul Petterson
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
83 Poplar Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303 - 2122
Tel: 404 - 688 - 1202 Fax: 404 - 688 - 9440
Attn: Renee McDonald
