Lucy Larkins

As a Senior Research Fellow in New Orleans, Lucy works on Reprieve’s three-year project to identify and assist all European Nationals on death row in the United States.

Lucy joined Reprieve after undertaking a Reprieve Fellowship at the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center - a non-profit law office that represents people facing the death penalty in the Deep South. During her Fellowship, Lucy worked to address the plight of mentally ill defendants facing capital punishment in Louisiana. Lucy had previously spent a year as the Center's Client Welfare Coordinator, where she focused on improving the conditions of people on death row or serving life sentences.

Lucy has a BA in History and an LLB (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. While at law school, she researched claims of wrongful conviction with the Innocence Project and was Assistant Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. She completed the practical side of her training with a commercial law firm and is qualified to practise law in Australia.