Welcome

The Innocence Network UK (INUK) is a practical response to the needs of alleged victims of wrongful conviction that have been identified in academic research.

INUK was established:

1) To facilitate casework on alleged wrongful convictions by innocence projects
2) To communicate on issues relating to the problem of wrongful convictions.

Casework

INUK undertakes investigations into alleged wrongful convictions through the innocence project that it established at the University of Bristol, which is the first innocence project in the UK.

Click here for the University of Bristol Innocence Project website
Click here for information on casework assistance

Additionally, INUK has to date actively assisted in setting up over 30 innocence projects in other universities in England, Scotland and Wales. It provides a casework referral service to member innocence projects that agree to work to the INUK Protocols, linking them with eligible applicants to undertake independent, objective investigations.

Click here for information on setting up innocence projects in other universities.

Investigations undertaken by INUK and its member innocence projects are undertaken on a pro bono (free for public good) basis.

Communications

INUK seeks to communicate to policy makers, criminal justice system agencies, the legal community and wider members of the public on a range of issues relating to the problem of wrongful convictions to influence reforms of the criminal justice system so that wrongful convictions can be overturned and prevented.

List of communications click here
Press enquiries click here
Learn more about the aims of INUK
See our forthcoming events listing