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Your continued support is
greatly valued and needed at this critical stage.
Please help Melissa by
signing her petition and by emailing this link to anyone you know
who may support our cause.
Help us fight this
injustice by
reading and signing our
UPDATED clemency
support petition
Sign as 'anonymous' if
preferred - addresses are never
revealed
Thank
You!
Wrongly Convicted
and
In Prison
for Life
Melissa's case is a
horrendous and nightmarish example of how the judicial system
goes wrong without remedy for correction.
Melissa has been incarcerated in Michigan since
1987 for protecting
her life and that of her family, was never
allowed to present evidence of
Battered Women’s Syndrome at her trial.
BATTERED WOMEN'S
SYNDROME
What is it - and why is it
so devastating?
Overview / BWS Defined
Read Melissa's Clemency
Petition which was submitted to Governor Granholm -
and the Governor's denial
letter!
CLEMENCY DENIAL
REACTION
Former Michigan Governor
William Milliken expresses his disappointment over the recent
clemency denials.
Want to
contact Melissa? Send her an email.
Learn more about
Melissa.
Help Melissa - Buy a
t-shirt!
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buy!
Read the press release from the Michigan
Women's Justice and Clemency Project
THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME TO
LAST YEAR'S RALLY
IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN
PRISONERS WRONGLY INCARCERATED!
Click here to see
photos!
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This Website is Sponsored by the Friends of
Melissa Chapman
A group of concerned citizens dedicated to the
goal of obtaining advocating for Melissa. Additionally, we actively
engage in raising awareness of the impact that Battered Women’s
Syndrome has on the physical and psychological well-being of women -
and how this condition impacts women’s self-defensive
actions.
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