Miscarriage Of Justice Definition

noun
The unjust and inappropriate outcome of a court proceeding.
Webster's New World Law

An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.

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Noun

Singular:
miscarriage of justice
Plural:
miscarriages of justice

Miscarriage Of Justice Sentence Examples

  • It cannot, however, be shown that the leaders of the church at this time sought to procure the miscarriage of justice in dealing with such cases.

  • Popular Protestant feeling ran very high at the time, partly in consequence of the recent establishment of a Roman Catholic diocesan hierarchy by Pius IX., and criminal proceedings against Newman for libel resulted in an acknowledged gross miscarriage of justice.

  • The case was a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland.

  • Mirza has already served eighteen years in prison in what has been a clear miscarriage of justice.

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