Innocence Project London

About Innocence Project London

The Innocence Project London (IPL) is a pro bono organisation where students work with lawyers and academics to deconstruct claims of innocence from convicted individuals who have exhausted the criminal appeals process, with the aim of submitting applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) .

Publisher

Louise Hewitt

Category

education · government

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Apr 2020

Latest episode

21 May 2026

Latest episodes

11 of 25 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Special Episode: Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson

   Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson discuss their film "Mouth of the Wolf" with IPL Director Louise Hewitt in this interview.

2. 

   19 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   In conversation with Kim Johnson MP

   Kim Johnson (https://www.kimjohnsonmp.uk/) is the MP for Liverpool Riverside and also chair of the All -Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriage of Justice (https://appgmiscarriagesofjustice.wordpress.com/). In this episode IPL interns Maggie McGinnis and CJ Poveromo interview Kim about these roles, alongside her commitment to challenging injustice in the criminal legal system. IPL Director works closely with Kim as co-chair of the Westminster Commission on Joint Enterprise (https://www.kimjohnsonmp.uk/joint-enterprise/joint-enterprise-2025-update).

3. 

   13 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Interning with the Innocence Project London

   In this episode, IPL (https://www.iplondon.org/) Director Louise Hewitt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-hewitt-51a7ab1a1/?originalSubdomain=uk)is in conversation with four interns from University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. The long -standing partnership between the IPL and UNC Chapel Hill has meant that a number of interns have been able to undertake work for the IPL. This semester, Maggie McGinnis, Leihana Pratt, Tyler Kraus and CJ Poveromo have been working on a number of projects, one of which is a subsequent podcast episode when you will hear them interview Kim Johnson MP.

Inside a recent episode

Special Episode: Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson

Published 21 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I think that's a really, um, just an interesting reflection on them. But I think there's, I think it speaks to a more bigger issue actually about how people who have suffered miscarriages of justice are seen in the public eye, but also are perceived following their exoneration. Yes. And if you, I mean, you, you've spoken huge amounts of people as have I, and it, it, That conviction might have left you on paper, but it just hangs like a ghost. Oh, absolutely. And this is something that's universal for wrongly convicted people. I'm not unique in that regard. Well, the stigma of the accusation, the feeling of not belonging to humanity the way a normal person belongs to humanity... […]

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1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100

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Quality

10

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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