Justice for Some: A Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice and Wrongful Convictions

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Kent Roach (University of Toronto)

Justice for Some

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A Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice and Wrongful Convictions

Kent Roach (University of Toronto)

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Cambridge University Press
22 January 2026

International human rights law; Criminal law & procedure

This book defines the differing concepts of miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions and innocence in relation to the presumption of innocence and the rationing of justice.

It compares inquisitorial systems, with examples from Europe, South America and Asia to adversarial systems. It contrasts England's focus on the miscarriage of justice and the remedial institutions of the Court of Appeal and the Criminal Cases Review Commission, with the United States and China's narrower focus on proven factual innocence It highlights new laws enacted in India in 2023 that increase the risk of wrongful convictions, and details how the International Criminal Court has taken steps to reduce the risk of false guilty pleas that may have been accepted by previous international criminal courts. The book examines the roles of racist prejudice and gender stereotypes in wrongful convictions. It also examines false guilty pleas such as those in the Post Office scandal, as well as wrongful convictions for crimes that did not happen. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

By: Kent Roach (University of Toronto)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 959g
ISBN: 9781009608312
ISBN 10: 1009608312
Pages: 674
Publication Date: 22 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kent Roach is Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, and co-founder of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions. He was research director for both the Goudge Inquiry into forensic pathology and to Justices LaForme's and Westmoreland-Traoré's report A Miscarriages of Justice Commission (2021).