Do innocence projects work with campaigning/ victim-support groups?
We recognise that campaign/victim-support groups can offer a great deal of support to the clients of innocence projects and their families and have a wealth of vital information that can assist case investigations. There are also educational benefits for students from working with campaign/victim-support organisations, as it makes students alive to the reality of what happens to victims and families when a possible wrongful conviction has occurred. However, it has to be emphasised that as the INUK and its member innocence projects are NOT campaign organisations or victim-support groups, the importance of maintaining a position of professional non-alignment must be stressed.
