Sentences with phrase «reasons for wrongful convictions»

The reasons for these wrongful convictions can be intentional malfeasance by the prosecutors or the police, but it can also include bad forensic science or flaws in the investigation.

The Project works to educate all stakeholders in the criminal justice system on the reasons for wrongful convictions, and to promote policies that will prevent such tragedies from occurring.

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It is for this reason that eyewitness misidentification is the leading evidentiary cause of wrongful convictions, both nationwide and in Louisiana.

Naughton, explaining his reasons for pulling the plug on INUK, said that it was «no longer acceptable that hundreds of students around the country can say on their CVs that they are working with an INUK innocence project when they know next to nothing about INUK or how to work on an alleged wrongful conviction cases».