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Kent Roach, a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, has spent decades sounding the alarm on wrongful convictions in Canada.His new research underlines the dangers of wrongful convictions based on false guilty pleas or imagined

A new book explores why so many Canadians are imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit

Khalil Rushdan, who was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder and incarcerated for 15 years, spoke at the spoke at the Innocence Network conference on April 14 and 15 in Phoenix.

Author and scholar Kent Roach looks back on Gladue case, where he argues the accused felt the need to plead guilty despite having a valid defence.

Quewezance, convicted with her sister in a killing her cousin confessed to, may be on the cusp of freedom. Why a visit to her home stirred old emotions.

Quewezance, convicted with her sister in a killing her cousin confessed to, may be on the cusp of freedom. Why a visit to her home stirred old emotions.

‘Wrongfully Convicted’ author Kent Roach shows how Canada railroads the innocent. And he offers fixes.

In 1991, Dean Gillispie was wrongfully convicted of a crime and sent to prison. After 20 years of incarceration, Gillispie was exonerated and awarded $45 million. WYSO's Renee Wilde spoke with Dean at his home in Fairborn, Ohio.

Some lawmakers are hoping to use the Nebraska Legislature to help overturn a murder conviction from the late 1990s.

Shamel Capers, 24, is a free man after spending eight years behind bars in New York for murder after being wrongfully convicted.