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  2. List of miscarriage of justice cases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases.This list includes cases where a convicted individual was later cleared of the crime and either has received an official exoneration, or a consensus exists that the individual was unjustly punished or where a conviction has been quashed and no retrial has taken place, so that the accused is legally assumed innocent.

  3. List of wrongful convictions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The DNA matched a man named Gregory Allen, who bore a striking resemblance to Avery. Avery was exonerated and released. As a result of the case, Wisconsin made changes to their eyewitness protocol. Avery also filed a civil suit for wrongful conviction against Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, and some county officials, seeking $36 million in damages.

  4. Miscarriage of justice - Wikipedia

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    A series of wrongful convictions were uncovered in the 2010s which had a large impact on the judicial system and undermined public trust in the Chinese justice system. [58] [59] [60] Zhao Zuohai was one of the wrongful convictions, who had to serve 10 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. The alleged victim that he murdered had ...

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    The registry generally defines an exoneration – a subset of wrongful convictions more broadly – as a case in which a person is relieved of all consequences of a criminal conviction as a result ...

  6. 'One of the worst' wrongful convictions: Man falsely IDed ...

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    These kinds of eyewitness errors are common in wrongful conviction cases. The Innocence Projects says that eyewitness misidentification played a role in 69% of convictions overturned by DNA evidence.

  7. Overturned convictions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    His wrongful conviction was challenged and a new trial was ordered in June 2015. He was acquitted on November 6, 2015. [19] [20] [21] Livingston County. Mark Woodworth was convicted of the 1990 home invasion, murder and attempted murder of his parents' business partners, the Robertsons. In 2014, after two trials and two reversal, a judge ruled ...

  8. Who's to blame for wrongful convictions? Accountability ... - AOL

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    Like a plane crash, a wrongful conviction is a system failure, an 'organizational accident.' ... discovery, defense performance and post-conviction procedures in Bryant’s case. The team ...

  9. List of exonerated death row inmates - Wikipedia

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    The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction. This list does not include: Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.