PROJECTS

The Innocence Project

Donald Verger and Eileen Skinner, President and CEO of Mercy Hospital, sharing a moment at an opening reception at the North Star Cafe.

Donald Verger put on several shows in which 100% of the profit went to benefit The Innocence Project, a non-profit legal clinic dedicated to freeing those who are wrongfully convicted of crimes.


An experience Verger had around the '09 New Year was the inspiration for this personal project. Donald Verger was falsely arrested, and was able to turn this traumatic experience into something beneficial.


Read the articles in The Portland Press Herald and Munjoy Hill News. Also in The Innocence Project's blog.