concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: wrongful convictions

corrections
type: Concept
narrower: wrongful convictions

law and justice
type: Concept
narrower: wrongful convictions

trial processes
type: Concept
narrower: wrongful convictions

wrongful convictions
type: Concept
broader: trial processes
broader: law and justice
broader: corrections
definition: Wrongful conviction can be defined as an instance in which a person is tried and convicted for a crime he or she did not commit. Although wrongful convictions may not be commonplace in the United States, such convictions nevertheless do occur, and those who are wrongfully convicted, as well as their families, experience a variety of negative consequences. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Wrongful Convictions]