Innocence Network UK
The INUK has three core aims :
Educate:
to encourage and support the creation and subsequent running of member innocence projects in UK universities.
Research:
to conduct and facilitate research into, among other related things:
i) the causes of the wrongful conviction of the innocent;
ii) the barriers to attempts to overturn these convictions in the Court of Appeal or by application to the CCRC; and
iii) the associated harmful consequences of wrongful conviction on victims, their families, friends and society as a whole.
Communicate:
to inform public debates about the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of innocent people, the INUK will communicate findings from the activities of member innocence projects and research, with the objective of improving the criminal justice system and preventing future wrongful convictions.Series For This Channel
Victims Voices
This channel is the archive for the voices of individuals who have suffered the consequences of miscarriage of justice.
Paul Blackburn
Kerri Franks talks to Paul Blackburn who was jailed for 26 years from the age of 15 years old for a crime it was later proved he was innocent of. He was accused of sexually abusing and attempting to murder a 9 year old child on 25th May 1978, despite there being no forensic evidence connecting him to the crime and his profile not matching that of the attackers. His conviction was finally quashed after 26 years in 2005 when he was finally pronounced innocent.11 Videos
Student Voices
This series is the archive of students voices from those involved with the Innocence Project UK.
Practitioner Voices
This series is the archive for the voices of those professionally involved in releasing the victims of miscarriage of justice.
Academic Voices
This series gives voice to the academics involved in Innocence Project UK.
Professor Hampikian delivers a lecture on the role of DNA in the work of the Idaho Innocence Project. QEB Hollis Whiteman sponsored the lecture at Temple in London on 08 06 2009 on behalf of the Innocence Network UK. A full house of legal professionals, educators and campaigners listened intently to the insights of this highly respected academic from Boise State University, Idaho.10 Videos
Campaigns for Justice
This channel contains material from the campaigns working to rectify miscarriage of justice in the United Kingdom.
Dr Michael Naughton introduces Greg Hampikian
Dr Michael Naughton reflects on the first five years of the Innocence Network UK highlighting some of the key limitations of the approaches of the pro bono lawyers working with innocence projects and the knock-on effects on the student caseworkers.
4 Videos