Educating to overturn and prevent the wrongful conviction of innocent people
The Innocence Network UK (INUK) is the umbrella organisation for member innocence projects in UK universities.
The INUK has three core functions:
Casework:
member innocence projects undertake full investigations into alleged cases of wrongful conviction that meet the eligibility criteria, seeking to determine whether claims of innocence are valid and overturn convictions given to factually innocent people.
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 that are presented by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) and the respective courts of appeal;
iii) the associated harmful consequences of wrongful conviction on victims, their families, friends and society as a whole.
Communication:
to inform public debates about the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of factually innocent people, the INUK will communicate the findings from research and the practical work of its member innocence projects with the objective of improving the criminal justice system and preventing future wrongful convictions.
