Bournemouth Innocence Project
“Above all else our aim is to facilitate the exoneration and release of the wrongfully convicted.”
The Bournemouth Innocence Project was founded and is currently being lead by a second year Law undergraduate, it is affiliated to the Innocence Network UK (INUK). This 2007 initiative is Bournemouth University’s first pro bono legal scheme.
The Bournemouth Innocence Project is co-ordinated and run by three students and is overseen by LLB Law Programme leader Sue Warnock. It works within the INUK’s guidelines. Working closely with local professionals and the University Law Department, this is a student-based initiative which seeks to overturn wrongful convictions and get innocent people released from prison.
Many Bournemouth students will have the opportunity to work through real case files to help build a case to send to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Students should gain practical experience of:
o Legal skills
o Critical thinking/ analysis
o Case management/ record keeping/ time management.
o Problem solving / creative thinking/ lateral thinking
o Communication skills – writing/ presentation skills
o Collaboration
o Finding and utilising variety of resources
o Use of different disciplines outside of law
o Acting like a professional and dealing with other professionals
o Dealing with clients
Below is our contact form please use it to contact Bournemouth Innocence Project directly, we aim to reply swiftly:
Please do NOT write to the Bournemouth Innocence Project directly under these conditions:
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If you feel you have been wrongly convicted
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If you are the friends and family of someone who you feel has been wrongly convicted
All of the cases we look at are given to us by the INUK (a central national organisation) and we urge you to contact them. However we are happy to pass on your details to the INUK on your behalf, if you so wish, particularly if you have a connection to the Bournemouth area. (However this is not a guarantee the Bournemouth Innocence Project will be able to take on your case.)
Please do use the form below to contact us under these conditions:
- If you would like to know more about the Bournemouth Innocence project
- If you are another Innocence Project and would like to contact us for any reason- we welcome the idea of project co-operation.
- If you are a member of the legal profession and would like to know how you can work with us pro bono.
- If you are a Bournemouth University Student of any discipline and would like to get involved in the project.
This list is not exhaustive, please do contact us under the heading of “further information” if you do not fit in our other categories - BUT IMPORTANTLY, it is necessary to reiterate: please do not ask us to look into a specific case- we are not allowed to take on cases that haven’t been sent to the INUK first.
Recent Conviction-overturned News
- Man Who Set Wife Afire Wants Conviction Overturned The Galesburg RegisterMail
A Mercer County man serving 30 years in prison for setting his wife on fire wants his conviction overturned again.
- Jersey Journal Front And Back Page News: Wednesday, Oct. 8 The Jersey Journal
Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy is throwing in the towel. After two failed attempts in lower courts to get his 2006 conviction overturned, the state Supreme Court has decided not to hear Healys case….
