The presentation was given by the regional defender, Alejandro Viada, and the journalist and coordinator of the Inocentes project, Valeria Vaccaro.

“Innocentes” was the program presented by the Public Criminal Defender's Office in the Television Studio of the School of Journalism of the University of La Serena, an event that was attended by students and academics of the career, and whose purpose was to explain the objective of this project that seeks to impose new challenges to improve certain practices, habits and work routines of the main actors in the justice system.

The presentation was given by the regional defender of Coquimbo, Alejandro Viada, and the journalist and coordinator of the Inocentes project, Valeria Vaccaro. “'Innocents' seeks a kind of moral retribution for people who have been deprived of liberty, who were in criminal proceedings and who were ultimately reliably determined to be innocent, that is, who were being unfairly blamed,” said Alejandro Viada, who also added that "these people need this space because the impression that is left is that they were subjected to a process, and if they were, it was for something, so their image is damaged by that situation."

Created in August 2013, ''Innocentes'' also seeks to clean up the image and, where possible, compensate those who have been unjustly prosecuted for a crime, as was the case of Julio Robles, who was sentenced to 5 years and 1 day in prison and that he only served 380 days in prison after the victim who reported him for robbery met his assailant again once Robles was serving his sentence. During the talk, Viada highlighted the role of journalism in these cases and how important this type of activities is for students. “I believe that for journalism students it is essential to have a direct approach with those involved, the criminal process, police issues and all crime issues, how it is prevented, the commission of the crime and how the crime is punished, are issues that "They are essential to be informed to society," he said.

For her part, the academic of the subject of Ethics and Legislation in Social Communication, Mg. Marcela Poblete pointed out that "without a doubt the importance of an activity like this allows students to obtain greater knowledge, especially judicial processes, given that they are going to cover this type of events and, in addition, evaluate the ethical actions that must be taken." have at the time of reporting", adding that "as explained, it is very easy to stigmatize someone without it having been effectively proven whether they have committed a crime."

Source: http://periodismo.userena.cl/