[2][3] Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an exonoree who was incarcerated for nineteen years in New Jersey following his own wrongful conviction for murder, served as AIDWYC’s founding executive director for more than a decade.

[4] In 2009, AIDWYC received a one million dollar donation from retired Ontario Superior Court Justice Ian Cartwright, which allowed the organization to expand its operations, develop a legal education program on wrongful convictions, and take on additional cases.

[6] In the same year, Innocence Canada experienced a period of financial strain as the Cartwright grant began to dry up and the organization struggled to find new sources of funding.

[19] As of 2024, Innocence Canada has been directly involved in the exoneration of 29 wrongfully convicted individuals, including David Milgaard, Guy Paul Morin, Glen Assoun, and Steven Truscott.

[20] The organization has represented several individuals whose wrongful convictions for homicide were largely the result of flawed conclusions drawn by disgraced former pediatric forensic pathologist Charles Smith.

[24][25] Although not officially included among Innocence Canada’s exonorees, the organization provided legal assistance to some members of the Port Hope 8.