Justice - False Convictions & Confessions - Part1

Reasons are given for what happens when people are falsely accused or convicted. Sometimes people are convicted because they made a confession about something they simply did not do.

Eyewitnesses often do not see or remember clearly enough to be really sure.

Convictions should not be made solely on one type of evidence, but in cases of miscarriage of justice, other things may be 'made to fit' into a scenario which other people come to believe is what happened.

Some books and links appear in the video, which you can find listed at Tansal Abuse & Rights on the Human Rights pages.

If you know someone who is in prison, try to get some support for yourself too.

See Part 2 for Joint Enterprise video.

United Against Injustice: http://www.unitedagainstinjustice.org.uk/

Innocent: http://www.innocent.org.uk/

Books listed by Innocent: http://www.innocent.org.uk/books/index.html

Visit http://www.innocent.org.uk/misc/cr_erzingclioglu_fss.html for an article on the unreliability of evidence,by Zakaria Erzinclioglu - Science and the law: A cause for concern

Articles about disclosure of evidence and other issues: http://www.innocent.org.uk/misc/articles.html

INUK useful Links page - The Innocence Network UK: http://www.innocencenetwork.org.uk/links.htm

Their video channel with information on a wide range of issues including evidence and testimony is at http://www.humanrightstv.com/innocence-inuk

TANSAL Abuse & Rights: http://www.tansal.org.uk
See Human Rights, Miscarriages of Justice, False Confessions

Whorls: http://www.whorls.org.uk/falseconfessions.html
for some articles and links on Miscarriages of Justice

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