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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.

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Mar 7, 2025

Government of Canada moves closer to establishing the Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission

From: Department of Justice Canada News release March 7, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Justice Canada Today, the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced…

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Mar 7, 2025

Review of Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie Investigation 

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Feb 26, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: ROY ALLAN SOBOTIAK

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 JUSTICE MINISTER ARIF VIRANI ANNOUNCES THAT HE HAS QUASHED THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION OF ROY ALLAN SOBOTIAK AFTER 35 YEARS. Today, at noon, Minister of…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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