wrongly convict

Frequency: 6.44.0 per million words

To declare someone guilty of a crime by mistake.

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Examples (10)

  • New evidence suggests the man was wrongly convicted of the robbery.
  • The justice system must have safeguards to avoid wrongly convicting innocent people.
  • The jury wrongly convicted him based on flimsy evidence.
  • He spent twenty years in prison after being wrongly convicted, all because of a false testimony.
  • There's a real danger that the court will wrongly convict her without a proper defense.
  • Being wrongly convicted can destroy a person's life and reputation.
  • The appeal was based on the claim that the trial judge had allowed evidence that led the jury to wrongly convict the defendant.
  • If that key witness had lied, they would have wrongly convicted an innocent man.
  • Campaigners are fighting to overturn the cases of those they believe were wrongly convicted.
  • How many people are wrongly convicted each year due to flawed forensic science?