There are two broad categories of justifications for challenging a conviction as incorrect. The first is that the accused individual was never guilty of the crimes for which they were convicted. Second, the accused had their constitutional rights violated because of flaws in the court’s procedures. Consider the following case: A person wrongfully convicted of …
Who Can Be Held Liable for Wrongful Convictions?
The number of innocent persons held in American prisons and jails is at an all-time high. An increasingly high number of exonerations points to flaws in our criminal justice system. Our criminal justice system is only as reliable as its capacity to properly identify and punish offenders while exonerating the innocent. However, it is popular …
What to do if you’ve Been Wrongfully Convicted of a Crime
The horror of being falsely accused of a crime is beyond words. There are measures you must take if you are falsely accused of a crime. Just being accused of wrongdoing or a crime is a terrible experience. Wrongful conviction distorts the legal system. You must respond successfully for the sake of justice and your …