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Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon & Schuster, and one of this year's five finalists for the Donner Prize for the best book public policy written by a Canadian. The prize will be awarded in Toronto on May 8.

The uncertainty surrounding the full implementation of LaForme/Westmoreland Traore report is one reason why I agreed to write this book. New legislation to establish a new commission has the potential to be the most important law reform with respect to wrongful convictions in a generation, writes Kent Roach. Book cover courtesy of Simon & Schuster, 2023
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