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Your term "Wrongly convicted" covers a whole lot of different areas. Each state has its own procedures. At the trial a person is found guilty or not guilty. (In Europe there is also a verdict of Innocent.) There is a possible appeal. After appeal review, and sentencing, the conviction is final. A person is then convicted.
After that post conviction relief is possible. If new evidence is discovered that could have been presented in a trial, the prisoner submits a petition to the trial court. (It has a technical name. There are many possible petitions. See a lawyer for your state.)
If the judge goofed up, there are motions to the appeal court. (See a lawyer for the technical rules for your state.)
If all else fails, your state has a provision for a pardon.
The various state legislatures have generally made provision for payment for the time spent in prison for persons wrongfully convicted. (As a result, Judges will sometimes have a person plead guilty to a small crime in exchange for time served!)
What else can I help you with?
How many people are wrongly convicted from double jeopardy?
In the United States, no one has been wrongly convicted from double jeopardy. Double Jeopardy is prohibited by the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution, and is an adequate reason for appeal.
What are the release dates for Captured - 2007 Wrongly Convicted 1-10?
Captured - 2007 Wrongly Convicted 1-10 was released on: USA: 2 March 2008
How many men are wrongly accused and convicted of domestic abuse?
No reliable statistics are compiled or available. With little exception, virtually ALL convicted criminal offenders claim they were 'wrongly accused."
Who was the wrongly convicted French soldier of the 1890's?
Alfred dreyfus
What is impact on the family of a wrongly convicted person is called?
Collateral Damage
Which show is about a brother trying to free his wrongly convicted sibling?
prison break
Introduced in 2007 what TV series was about a wrongly convicted cop who becomes a Zen Buddhist?
Life
What fourteen-year-old boy was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung in 1959?
steven truscott
Why has the corrections department paid out over 200000 dollars to inmates in the last 5 years?
they were wrongly convicted
What fourteen year old boy was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung in 1959?
The fourteen year old boy wrongly convicted of murder in 1959 and sentenced to be hanged was George Junius Stinney Jr. He was the youngest person to be sentenced to death in the US in the 20th century.
How did witches earn money during the witch trials?
They didn't. Most people who were accused of witchcrafter were wrongly accused & convicted.
How did some people think sacco and vanzetti had been wrongly convicted?
immigrants apex:)
