{"id":34343,"date":"2026-10-26T09:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=34343"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:49:27","slug":"ravens-for-innocence-an-evening-with-jamie-nelson","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/event\/ravens-for-innocence-an-evening-with-jamie-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens for Innocence: An Evening with Jamie Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n            <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                                                        <\/div>\n        \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join Ravens for Innocence for an evening with <strong>Jamie Nelson<\/strong>, who was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1996 and spent nearly three years in prison before being acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jamie will share his personal experience navigating the criminal justice system, his fight to clear his name, and the challenges of rebuilding his life following his acquittal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will also feature a Q&amp;A session, providing attendees with an opportunity to engage in a discussion about wrongful convictions, the consequences of miscarriages of justice, and the importance of accountability within the legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event is part of the work of <strong>Ravens for Innocence<\/strong>, Carleton University&#8217;s chapter of Youth for Innocence Canada, a student-led initiative dedicated to raising awareness about wrongful convictions and encouraging students to engage critically with issues of justice and legal reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All are welcome to attend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":34344,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[544],"cu_event_audience":[395],"class_list":["post-34343","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_event_type-student-events","cu_event_audience-anyone"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-11-12 18:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-11-12 20:00:00","cu_event_add_to_calendar":"show","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_building":"PK","cu_event_meeting_room":"Senate Room","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_post_thumbnail":"","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/34343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/34343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34346,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/34343\/revisions\/34346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=34343"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=34343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}