During the course of a person’s life it is not entirely uncommon for them to be accused of committing a crime that they are most certainly innocent of. In most cases the accusations are disregarded and the individual is largely unaffected by it. Unfortunately though, there are many poor souls who are not so lucky and have their lives forever changed due to these miscarriages of justice. “Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada explores …showed first 75 words of 1063 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1063 total…imaginary case around an innocent lower class member of society, many more cases would be solved correctly. Rather than look at why the person was convicted, we should observe how a lack of qualities that a society regards “normal” was enough to consider a perfectly innocent person a suspect in the first place. The basis for wrongful convictions is due to the social inequalities that exists between the middle class of society and the marginalized.