used to pay for expert witnesses and lab tests. Each case roughly takes eight to nine years to see to completion. Of the Spectrum of cases where wrongful conviction is alleged; the classic who done it cases, or where the accused says they were there but death was accidental or natural causes, she said he said or cases where the conviction was based on a witness who claimed to be there and witness the alleged crime, cases where innocence is claimed because of self defense it is currently unclear from their web site if any type are excluded from consideration from Innocence Canada as of May 2022 Other innocence project organizations such as Centurion Ministries in the United States make it clear they will not take on some of these types of cases where wrongful conviction is alleged; "We do not take on accidental death, self defense cases, or cases where the defendant had any involvement whatsoever in the crime for which he/she was convicted." The University of British Columbia Innocence Project makes it clear they will not take on so called he said she said cases where the accuser is not currently recanting; "Please note that the UBC Innocence Project will NOT consider convictions of sexual assault where the issue at trial was credibility and there is no new and significant evidence to rebut the credibility finding made at trial (i.e. a known, reliable recantation by the complainant)." It remains to be seen if Innocence Canada will represent people claiming wrongful conviction in the entire spectrum of types of cases. However, as of May 2022 due to resource limitations the organization is only currently accepting applications for homicide review. References External links Legal advocacy organizations based in Canada Organizations based in Toronto 1993 establishments in Ontario Wrongful conviction advocacy Criminal defense organizations Legal organizations based in Ontario