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Publications, News and Events

Publications

• Naughton, M. (2010). Can lawyers put people before law? Socialist Lawyer, June: 30-32.
• Naughton, M. (2010). Why 'safety in law' may fail the innocent - the case of Neil Hurley, The Guardian, February 11.
• Naughton, M. (2009). Students for Justice: The Innocence Network UK, The Guardian, May 8.
• Tan, G. (2008). Innocence Projects: Learning from the Mistakes of Law, The Writ: The Postgraduate Newsletter of the University of Bristol Law Club, Issue 2, April/May: 5.
• Naughton, M. (2006). Wrongful Convictions and Innocence Projects in the UK: Help, Hope and Education Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, Special Edition on Legal Education 3.

News

• Manzoor, S. (2011). The Innocence Project: the court of last resort, The Observer, 9 January (article appeared on p.24 of the Observer Magazine section of the Observer)
• Rigby, N. (2010). Clash over Simon Hall murder appeal fibres evidence, BBC News, 9 December.
• Tran. M. (2010). Judgment reserved in murder appeal as forensic evidence divides experts, The Guardian, 9 December.
• Tran. M. & Morris S. (2010). Fibres under spotlight as evidence re-examined in murder appeal, The Guardian, 7 December.
• Manning, L. (2010). Bristol Innocence Project takes murder case to Appeal Court, Lawyer 2b, 7 December.
• Anon. (2010). Bristol Students Unearth New Evidence In Murder Case, 106.5 Jack FM, 7 December.
• Anon. (2010). University law students win right of appeal for convicted murderer, Bristol Evening Post, 7 December.
• Anon. (2010). Students' work could free convicted killer, The Herald (This is Plymouth), 7 December.
• Anon. (2007). A journey towards justice, Nonesuch, Winter 2007, 16-17.
• Anon. (2007). Wrongly jailed attend conference BBC News, 31 March.
• Smallman, E. (2007). The Innocence Squad, The Times, April 23.
• Anon. (2006). Drama based on students' law work, BBC News, 8 November.
• Morris, J. (2005). Students to the Rescue, Guardian Unlimited, June 14.
• Robins, J. (2005). Bristol Uni kicks off Innocence Project to balance Government stance, The Lawyer, June 13.

Events

• The Innocence Network UK (INUK) Annual Spring Conference, Investigating a Claim of Innocence: Going Beyond a Desktop Review will take place on the 25th March 2011.  The conference is organised by Dr Michael Naughton, School of Law and School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS), and Gabe Tan, School of Law, University of Bristol.  Amongst those speaking will be Mark Allum and Ryan Jendoubi, of the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP).  The event will be hosted for the second year by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, London. It will be held at their London Office: City Place House 55 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5EH.  Any University of Bristol member of staff or student, undergraduate or postgraduate, can attend the conference for the member rates.    Full details, including the programme and booking form.
• Dr Michael Naughton & Gabe Tan of the University of Bristol Innocence Project and the Innocent Network UK (INUK) will be amongst those speaking at an open meeting at the House of Commons, sponsored by John McDonnell MP, on the topic of 'Is the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) Fit For Purpose?' on Tuesday 30 November 2010,  18:30 - 20:30.
• Dr. Michael Naughton & Gabe Tan of the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP )and Innocence Network UK(INUK) will be speaking about the hurdles facing prisoners maintaining innocence in their quest for release at the Progressing Prisoners Maintaining Innocence (PPMI) Public Meeting, to be held at 3.00 - 5.30pm in the hall of St Mellitus Church, Tollington Park, London N4 3AG on Sunday 7 November 2010.  The meeting will be chaired by Dr. Kimmett Edgar, Head of Research, at the Prison Reform Trust.
• Dr Michael Naughton spoke about his work with the Innocence Network UK (INUK) and the University of Bristol Innocence Project (UoBIP) at Changing Worlds: The Impact of University Research, 3 October 2010, London.  See page 29 of the Brochure.
• Freeing the Innocent, talk by Kate Germond, Centurion Ministries, New Jersey, US, 5 November 2009.
• Innocence Day 2009, 25 November 2009.
• Outreach Day for Innocence. 14 November 2008.