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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 (IWCD) was launched by Innocence Canada on October 2, 2014.  In recognition of this special milestone year, Innocence Canada, and the International Wrongful Conviction Day Committee( IWCDC) are hosting a IWCD 10 th  Anniversary Gala Event.   This night provides us all the opportunity to recognize, acknowledge and honour the wrongly convicted, their families, advocates, and supporters Event:  10 th  Anniversary of IWCD Where: Ontario Bar Association (OBA), Grand Salon              20 Toronto Street, Toronto, Ontario. Time:    Reception: 5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. followed by the evening’s programme! Exonerees from across Canada will be attending and part...

Innocence Canada Welcomes Federal Promise of Independent Commission From:  Innocence Canada (issued by Stephen Weir on behalf of Innocence Canada)   News release  December 13, 2019 TORONTO: A federal plan to create an independent body to seek out and correct possible wrongful convictions represents the realization of a 25 year-dream for the innocence movement.  Innocence Canada - the country's leading organization advocating for the wrongly convicted - pledged to give Justice Minister David Lametti its full support and assistance as the government establishes the independent commission. Innocence Canada, formerly the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, has been advocating for the creation of an independent commission since the organization’s inception in 1993.  Over its 25-year history, Innocence Canada has participated in the exoneration of 23 wrongly convicted people in Canada in addition to contributing to a number of publ...