Sentence examples for faulty convictions from inspiring English sources
Faulty convictions happen for many reasons: because juries are composed of human beings, who are fallible; because witnesses feel certain but can be mistaken; and because defense lawyers, particularly those representing indigent defendants, are notoriously overworked and underpaid.
A rookie straight out of New York University's school of law, she nonetheless took on powerful coalitions in Texas to expose the faulty convictions of 38 black men in the small Texas town of Tulia.
Mr. Sonnier's case is the latest in a string of faulty convictions linked to the Houston Police Department Crime Laboratory, the center of a long-running scandal over sloppy procedures.
J.L.: The only thing unique about Texas with respect to miscarriages of justice stemming from faulty arson convictions is that Texas is a profligate user of the death penalty, making it impossible to take back its harshest punishment.
The leading cause of wrongful convictions is faulty eyewitness testimony.
That issue was resolved this year with a plan to review past arson cases to see whether similar faulty evidence led to questionable convictions.
I thought about all the stories I'd read about unjust convictions based on faulty eyewitness accounts — about deeply flawed identifications by witnesses who just won't accept that they were wrong.
I thought about all the stories I'd read about unjust convictions based on faulty eyewitness accounts—about deeply flawed identifications by witnesses who just won't accept that they were wrong.
Some opponents focused on a recent string of exonerations and revelations of convictions based on faulty evidence.
William Lopez was convicted in 1989 of gunning down a suspected drug dealer, but a federal judge last year threw out the conviction due to faulty evidence and a recanting of witness testimony.
The Innocence Project, originally founded in 1992 after a study found that 70% of wrongful convictions were based on faulty eyewitness testimony, has greatly expanded with the advent of sophisticated DNA testing in the last 20 years.
