Find Legal Resources about Wrongful Convictions.
Wrongful convictions happen when innocent people are mistakenly found guilty, often due to issues like faulty evidence, false confessions, or inadequate legal defense. Select a state below for more information:
- Mistaken Identity Cases
- False Confessions
- Ineffective Legal Defense
- Improper Forensic Evidence
- Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Bias in the Criminal Justice System
Popular Wrongful Conviction States
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What are People Reading?
The books provided below are just some of the many books that highlight the personal struggles of the wrongfully convicted and expose flaws in the justice system, sparking a call for change.
This volume addresses issues of law, science, and policy related to wrongful convictions in the American system of justice.
Based on trial transcripts, Garrett’s investigation into the causes of wrongful convictions reveals larger patterns of incompetence, abuse, and error.
In Examining Wrongful Convictions: Stepping Back, Moving Forward, the premise is that much can be learned by "stepping back" from the focus on...
DNA testing and advances in forensic science have shaken the foundations of the U.S. criminal justice system.
Law Films & Documentaries
The movies listed below are just a few that capture the personal struggles of the wrongfully convicted and reveal flaws in the justice system, inspiring a call for change.
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
In 1986 Michael Morton's wife Christine was murdered in front of their only child, and Michael was convicted of the crime.
The Past is Never Dead
A documentary on the wrongful conviction of David Robinson and his eighteen-year struggle to prove his innocence.
The Central Park Five
The story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989