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The document discusses wrongful imprisonment, which occurs when an innocent person is convicted of a crime they did not commit. It outlines the impacts such as wasted years of a person's life and separation from families. Common causes are evidence tampering, misidentification, and police or prosecutorial misconduct. Stereotypes can also lead to wrongful convictions, disproportionately affecting men, especially black men. Three case studies are presented, including cases from North Carolina, Baltimore, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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The document discusses wrongful imprisonment, which occurs when an innocent person is convicted of a crime they did not commit. It outlines the impacts such as wasted years of a person's life and separation from families. Common causes are evidence tampering, misidentification, and police or prosecutorial misconduct. Stereotypes can also lead to wrongful convictions, disproportionately affecting men, especially black men. Three case studies are presented, including cases from North Carolina, Baltimore, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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WRONGFUL

IMPRISONMENT
Esther,Jessica & Myrtle

WHAT IS WRONGFUL
IMPRISONMENT?
It is when an innocent person is convicted for a crime they did not commit.
Usually the victims of wrongful imprisonment deny the allegations made against
them but are still arrested against their will. This is illegal because it denies them
of their right to be free from restraint if they have done nothing wrong.

IMPACTS OF WRONGFUL
IMPRISONMENT
It wastes many years of a person's life - It is traumatic not just for the
individual being wrongfully convicted but also for the people around them
It can separate families - these people can miss so many years of their
families life's because they went to jail for something they did not do.
It puts good people in jail while the bad ones are free - not only is it bad
that an inocent person goes to jail its even worse that a criminal is
roaming the streets and might be endangering lives.

COMMON CAUSES FOR WRONGFUL


IMPRISONMENT

Evidence is withheld or tampered with: it is the key to determining


one's innocence, in court every piece of detail is crucial. If mess
with it can send an innocent human to prison.
Misidentification: is when a person is mistaken for another.
Allocation can be due to racial profiling, inaccurate descriptions or
even bad timing.
Police/prosecutorial misconduct: This can stem from many
different areas. One's bias such as in racism, sexism, and belief
can lead to unfair detainment and justice. Abuse in power can
occur in result in this too.

STEREOTYPES THAT CAUSE


WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT
a lot of these wrongful conviction cases are due to bias. The type of
bias varies form race, stereotypes, sexuality, and so on. its also a lot
more common for men specificaly black men to be wrongfully
convicted, although women are still at risk for wrongful conviction
VIOLATION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
Wrongful Imprisonment goes against many human rights, for example it
contradicts article 5 of the Universal Declaration, which states: no one must be
forced to face cruel treatment and punishments. when people are wrongfully
convicted they are subject to years in prison, where some undergo torture and
inhumane living conditions. In prison they lose the right to their life, liberty and
security, Article 3. These people are taken from the society and locked up, for a
crime they did not commit. The systems that are supposed to keep them safe
are the ones taking their freedom.

WHAT CAN SOCIETY DO?


talk to police at the station
Spread awareness on SM
Sign petitions
Try to fix the system by telling police to do a further investigation if
someone is saying that they are not the person you think they are.
if you discover any helpful information come forward

STATISTICS/FUN FACTS
Statistics show that about 50% of people who have been
wrongfully convicted are black
It is estimated that about 2-5% of US prisoners were wrongfully
convicted

Case # 1

Who: Lamont McKoy, a student


What: wrongfully convicted for the murder of Myron
Hailey
Where: in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
When: 25 years ago (from when article was written)
Where: North Carolina
Why: evidence was held back from court that would
prove his innocent
Case # 2

Who: Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins, and Andrew


Steward
What: were all wrongfully convicted at the age of 16 for
shooting a 14-year-old in the neck.
Where: in Baltimore
When: November 1983
Why: because witnesses were told by investigators to
lie that saw the 3 teenagers.

Case # 3
Glen Assoun,47(time of wrongful conviction) now 64.
Who: Glen Assoun,47(time of wrongful
conviction) now 64.
What: he was wrongfully imprisoned for the
death of his former girlfriend Brenda Way.
He ended up spending 17 years behind bars.
He wasn’t exonerated until March 1, 2019.
When: November 12 1995(imprisoned)
Where: Halifax
Why: turns out former RCMP analyst const.
Dave Moore was in violation of destruction
and burying evidence.
Other fact: He claims to be suffering from
mental illness and heart disease due to his
time in prison.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cohen, A. (2015, October 20). Why is a Man Serving Life for a Murder that Feds Say
Someone Else Committed? Retrieved December 09, 2020, from
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/10/20/why-is-a-man-serving-life-for-a-
murder-that-feds-say-someone-else-committed 
mens, Riley. “Glen Assoun: One of Canada's Most Disturbing Wrongful Convictions.”
W5, CTV News, 15 Nov. 2019, www.ctvnews.ca/w5/glen-assoun-one-of-canada-s-
most-disturbing-wrongful-convictions-1.4687628.
Assoun case shows police accountability in wrongful convictions lacking: Experts |
CBC News. (2020, August 17). Retrieved from
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/assoun-case-police-accountability-
lacking-1.5689289
Wrongful Convictions. (n.d.). Retrieved December 09, 2020, from
https://www.prisonfellowship.org/resources/advocacy/sentencing/wrongful-
convictions-2/
Chokshi, Niraj. "Black People More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder,
Study Shows." The New York Times. The New York Times, 07 Mar. 2017. Web. 09 Dec.
2020.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved December 09, 2020, from
https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/
George Floyd: 'Pandemic of racism' led to his death, memorial told. (2020, June 04).
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