14 episodes
The Innocence Podcast The Innocence Podcast
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- True Crime
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5.0 • 25 Ratings
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Imagine being jailed for for a crime you did not commit... We explore the stories of people who were wrongly accused and convicted.
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13: Acquitted - but at what cost?
Brian Buckle was sentenced to 15 years for historic child sex abuse - a crime he didn’t commit. It took him five years in prison and hundreds of thousands of pounds to prove his innocence.
Brian may now be out of jail, but his fight for compensation continues. We hear from Brian and his wife about how a wrongful conviction ruined their lives.
The Innocence Podcast is brought to you by The Manchester Innocence Project - https://bit.ly/34YbLTi
Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Producer: Lucy McDaid
Editor: Kris McConnachie
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
Donate to the Manchester Innocence Project - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester-innocence-project-justice-hub -
12: Pursuing a Killer
Former detective superintendent Julie MacKay has dedicated her career to putting the right people behind bars.
She solved the murder of Melanie Road, more than three decades after it happened.
Julie knows first-hand how groundbreaking technological developments in policing can help track down criminals - but does that always mean the right people get caught?
The Innocence Podcast is brought to you by The Manchester Innocence Project - https://bit.ly/34YbLTi
Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Producer: Lucy McDaid
Editor: Kris McConnachie
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
Donate to the Manchester Innocence Project - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester-innocence-project-justice-hub -
11: The Fight For Compensation
Every week Mark Newby gets letters from people desperate for his help. Those people are behind bars, they say they are innocent and have no way of proving it.
They need a criminal appeal lawyer to take on their case - and that's where Mark comes in. But he must choose who he is going to fight for.
In this episode Mark talks about how he decides what case to pursue. He says he has to be tough - the resources aren't there to help everyone. And then when he starts working on a case, it can take years, even decades, to be freed.
Then when they are lucky enough to be released, the wrongfully convicted get less help than those who are guilty and who have served their time.
Then their chance of getting ANY compensation is minimal. Mark is fighting to change that.
The Innocence Podcast is brought to you by The Manchester Innocence Project - https://bit.ly/34YbLTi
Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Producer: Lucy McDaid
Editor: Kris McConnachie
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
Donate to the Manchester Innocence Project - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester-innocence-project-justice-hub -
10: Failures in the Justice System
Why does it take so long for someone to prove their innocence?
Criminal defence solicitor and former head of the legal charity, APPEAL, Suzanne Gower explains why there are so many people in prison now who are not guilty.
Suzanne talks about her own experience of trying to free people who are wrongly behind bars.
She talks about why the justice system fails them and how urgent changes need to be made.
She has helped free numerous high profile people including Andrew Malkinson who was freed from prison after he served 17 years for a wrongful rape conviction.
The Innocence Podcast is brought to you by The Manchester Innocence Project - https://bit.ly/34YbLTi
Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Producer: Lucy McDaid
Editor: Kris McConnachie
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
Donate to the Manchester Innocence Project - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester-innocence-project-justice-hub -
9: Wrongful Convictions in the Spotlight
The issue of wrongful convictions has taken centre stage in the UK.
The high profile Post Office Horizon scandal has dominated headlines. And the case of Andrew Malkinson - who was finally cleared of rape in 2023 after spending seventeen years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit - shone a renewed spotlight on what can happen when our criminal justice system doesn’t work as it should.
Claire McGourlay runs the Manchester Innocence Project. In this podcast Claire looks back at all the things that went wrong to lead to the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson.
She explains why his case is so important in the pursuit of innocence for those wrongly jailed.
The Innocence Podcast is brought to you by The Manchester Innocence Project - https://bit.ly/34YbLTi
Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Producer: Lucy McDaid
Editor: Kris McConnachie
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
Donate to the Manchester Innocence Project - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester-innocence-project-justice-hub -
8: A Massive Mistake
Luis Vargas was in prison for 16 years for charges including rape and kidnap - crimes he didn’t commit.
His life fell apart, his wife divorced him, and he thought he had no hope of freedom.
Somehow he managed to hide the fact that he was in prison for rape - because he knew he’d be beaten, even killed by other inmates.
But, with the help of the California Innocence Project, he proved his innocence.
Also featuring Justin Brooks from the California Innocence Project.
Warning: This episode includes graphic descriptions of prison violence.
The Innocence Podcast is brought to you by The Manchester Innocence Project - https://bit.ly/34YbLTi
Presenter/Researcher: Kylie Pentelow
Producer: Lucy McDaid
Editor: Kris McConnachie
Executive Producer: Claire McGourlay
Donate to the Manchester Innocence Project - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester-innocence-project-justice-hub
Customer Reviews
Highly Recommended
An interesting and original take on the true crime genre. It covers many cases I haven’t heard of and offers a refreshing angle on familiar ones. Kylie is such an excellent and sympathetic interviewer that she is able to get her interviewees to really open up on subjects that are obviously very painful and traumatic. This can sometimes be difficult to listen to but is also hugely rewarding, I would highly recommend.
Remarkable
An utterly brilliant listen. I have laughed and cried my way through this series. Truly eye opening and incredibly moving. I can’t wait for more!
What a podcast
This really made me sit up and listen. Goes deep into the human impact of wrongful convictions and asks some pressing questions about the way that we treat people as a society. The interviewer/presented is fantastic. Perfect for anyone who was interested in series three of Serial.