New wrongful conviction review body could see hundreds of applications | Unpublished
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Author: Anja Karadeglija
Publication Date: February 5, 2025 - 06:58

New wrongful conviction review body could see hundreds of applications

February 5, 2025
A new independent commission tasked by the federal government with reviewing miscarriages of justice could discover that more people than expected are serving prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit.Other countries that launched similar commissions have found that “the degree of wrongful convictions certainly was much more significant than they knew,” said Sen. Kim Pate, a prominent advocate for the wrongfully convicted.


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