unjust conviction

A state law permits lawsuits for unjust conviction and imprisonment.

As the motion court eloquently observed, 'The greatest crime of all in a civilized society is an unjust conviction.

It was also Starfleet policy to make good on its mistakes, such as the one that had resulted in Dare's unjust conviction.

"The greatest crime of all is an unjust conviction," Judge John P. Collins said.

Under the procedure adopted in 1990, Lithuanians seeking pardons for unjust convictions were directed to apply to one of two official bodies.

President Clinton called it an honor to welcome him and praised him for his courage and persistence in fighting the unjust conviction.

But an ambiguous 1989 decision indicated that habeas petitions, which are civil suits challenging unjust convictions and sentences, may be a different matter.

He participated in rulings that threw out unjust convictions, invalidated school financing based on property taxes and decided many other controversies.

President Clinton and leaders of the European Union have rightly called on the Iranian government to overturn these unjust convictions.

Lord Denning, the former Lord Chancellor, complained that exposing unjust convictions "undermined public confidence in the whole system."

That book was part of my efforts to obtain a reversal of my unjust conviction, and it was therefore written primarily from a lawyer's point of view.

Joseph Estrada called the appointment of Teresita de Castro as a "reward for an unjust conviction [of him]".

Missing in "The Hurricane" is the fact that before his clearly unjust conviction for murder Mr. Carter spent four years in prison for committing three muggings.

Mr. Martinez's lawyer, Oscar Michelen, said his client, now 36, met the state criteria for compensation under the Unjust Conviction Statute.

It must be the embarrassment, the public mortification of an honorable and distinguished and legendary man-because it cannot be the unjust conviction of an innocent man."

Later, Evangeline helps free artist Cristian Vega (David Fumero) from an unjust conviction to Death Row.

His story on the unjust conviction of Kelvin Wiley resulted in Wiley's release from Soledad prison, and was featured on Court TV.

She acknowledged that "it may be indeed difficult to show defendant's knowledge of the weight" in some cases, but she said that without such proof, unjust convictions for more serious crimes could result.

State law permits suits for unjust conviction and imprisonment, but they are difficult to win because the law requires much more than a vacated conviction, unlike those filed in a federal court.

The mother of a dead Union soldier attempts to convince President Lincoln to pardon a similarly condemned Confederate soldier whose unjust conviction was the result of her vindictive scheme.

Several years later, Dylan produced his epic song telling the story of the unjust conviction (Hurricane) and formed his Rolling Thunder Review specifically to raise funds for Carter's defense.

In particular, she has been very involved in safeguarding human rights by participating in events that bring attention to the unjust conviction and treatment of Iranian youth, women and prisoners of conscience.

A Cairo appeals court affirmed the rule of law yesterday by overturning the unjust conviction of Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egypt's most eminent campaigner for democracy and human rights.

"If they can win their case by proving any dereliction on my part, it would be all for the good and I cheer him on because it would end an unjust conviction and a savage sentence."

The state's "unjust conviction" law allows the wrongfully convicted to recover reasonable damages based on several kinds of proof of innocence, including reversal of a conviction or a not-guilty verdict at a new trial.