Lawcast 115: Dr Paul Mason on the Innocence Network UK
Today I’m talking to Dr Paul Mason Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Research at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. He is Chair of the UK Innocence Network Committee and co-ordinates the Cardiff Nexus Innocence Project. He also runs the Prison Media Monitoring Unit and edited [jc2m] Journal for Crime, Conflict and Media Culture 2004-6.
Today we are going to talk about the Innocence Network, how it works, who is involved and what benefits it brings to client and all involved.
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The Innocence Network UK was launched in September 2004 because the problem of the wrongful conviction of innocent people was not sufficiently resolved by the creation of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the body set up in the wake of notorious cases such as the Guildford 4 and the Birmingham 6 to investigate alleged cases of miscarriage of justice.
The INUK is a university-based initiative, which draws collaborative support from all parts of the miscarriages of justice jigsaw - academics, criminal appeal lawyers, victim support groups and campaigning organisations, forensic scientists and investigative journalists.
Reference
Paul Mason biography
Innocence Network UK (INUK)
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