A miscarriage of justice is defined as a wrong or unfair decision made by a court, as a result of which an innocent person is punished. There are several contributing factors for a miscarriage of justice, among them faulty forensic analysis, false confessions, lies stated by witnesses, and misconduct by police, prosecutors, or judges. Examples of cases where a convicted individual was later cleared of the crime and either has received an official exoneration or pardon, or where a conviction has been quashed and no retrial has taken place, can actually be traced back to antiquity. But some of the more notorious miscarriages of justice are far more recent.
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