The Effect of Maintaining Innocence on Obtaining Parole
Under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA), the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) is to assess whether granting an inmate parole presents an undue risk to society. Following no formal rules of evidence, the PBC must determine risk based on an assessment of the offender’s likelihood of reoffending, taking into consideration the nature and severity of the offence. The UBC Innocence Project, and other wrongful conviction efforts, have been involved in cases in which an