We help free the wrongfully convicted

Griffith’s Innocence Project is about making the criminal justice system fairer for all. We bring together law students, lawyers and academics to help free innocent people imprisoned in Australia. We also educate law students on how to correct procedural failures in the criminal justice system through our award-winning course.

Freedom is something that can be taken for granted, until it is taken away.

Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter

Wrongly convicted for murder and imprisoned for almost 20 years, Griffith University recognised Rubin’s contributions to civil rights and social justice with an honorary doctorate. Tirelessly devoted to helping others wrongly convicted around the world, his legacy lives on in our Innocence Project.

Asking for help

We are currently accepting requests to review applications from people who claim to have been wrongfully convicted.

Our goals

Finding solutions to the problems in our criminal justice system is complex. Griffith’s Innocence Project focuses on four goals:

Casework

Help people with their claims of wrongful conviction and manifest injustice.

Education

Teach essential skills to law students and offer invaluable experience through hands-on case work.

Policy

Advance reforms to laws, policies and practices that reduce wrongful convictions to ensure a fairer criminal justice system.

Research

Research police, forensic and court practices to create a fair criminal justice system.

Enquiries

Innocence Project Legal Clinic

Apply to study

General telephone enquiries

(07) 5552 7060

General email enquiries

innocence-project@griffith.edu.au

Postal address

Griffith University Innocence Project

Griffith Law School Gold Coast campus

Griffith University QLD 4222

Fraud alert

We have heard that there are people fraudulently representing themselves as working for Griffith's Innocence Project, promising legal representation in exchange for money. These people do not work for us.