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 the brutal processes in which several innocent men were

sentenced unjustly for crimes they didn't commit While "unavoidable

human error" is always a possibility, a careful study of the cases involved

shows how innocent people were unjustly accused and the subject of

extreme discrimination due to their social differences from society. Even at

a cursory glance it appears obvious that marginalized people are at the heart

of wrongful convictions and suffer the prejudice of the criminal justice

system from the time they are suspected of the crime and even after they are

Even before a particular crime is committed, there are certain people in

society that is easier and more convenient to blame

perhaps true to everybody except to the wrongfully accused. From a need to

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