Skip to Content

Innocence Canada’s mandate is to identify, advocate for, and exonerate individuals who have been convicted of a crime they did not commit and to prevent wrongful convictions through legal education and reform.

A.W. and B.A. outside Courthouse

Read about our clients’ journeys to exoneration

robert mailman and walter gillespie

Do you need help submitting an application? Review our eligibility criteria

innocence canada staff

Student Opportunities
Articling, Externships and Summer Fellowships

Sep 16, 2024

International Wrongful Conviction Day – First In Person Event Since 2019!

October 2, 2024 Innocence Canada and other innocence and social justice groups worldwide will join together in our shared goal of spreading awareness about wrongful convictions. International Wrongful Conviction Day…

Read More
Sep 16, 2024

International Wrongful Conviction Day – 10th Anniversary Gala Event

Join us on October 2 2024 for our 10th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day. A day to recognize, acknowledge, and honour the wrongly convicted, their families, advocates, and supporters! If…

Read More
Aug 9, 2024

Open Call for Artists

Read More

About Innocence Canada

Innocence Canada’s team of pro-bono and in-house staff lawyers are currently reviewing approximately 100 claims of innocence.

In the years since its inception, Innocence Canada’s team of volunteers and staff lawyers have reviewed hundreds of cases, leading to the successful exoneration of 30 innocent people who together spent more than 300 years in prison for crimes they did not commit.

Learn More about our History & Mandate

Support Our Work!

Innocence Canada is the only national Canadian non-governmental organization working to exonerate the wrongly convicted.

While Innocence Canada benefits from thousands of donated hours each year from lawyers and case reviewers we still need support to pay for experts, staff lawyers, testing evidence and keeping the lights on. We are fully funded by grants from private foundations and donors such as yourself.

Donate Now

Become A Member

Innocence Canada membership is open to the public and provides supporters with a way to become involved with the governance of the organization. Innocence Canada members are invited to participate in our Annual General Meeting where they hold voting rights.

Learn More
innocence canada conference photo