Download This PaperYou Say You Want a Revolution?: Understanding Guilty Plea Wrongful Convictions
42 Pages Posted: 30 Jun 2021
Date Written: June 18, 2021
Abstract
This paper examines guilty plea wrongful convictions primarily in Canada but also in the United Kingdom and United States. It presents new empirical evidence of the over-representation of disadvantaged groups including women, Indigenous people and those with mental disabilities among those who have pled guilty but subsequently been recognized as innocent.
Keywords: Wrongful Convictions, Guilty Pleas, Discimination
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Roach, Kent, You Say You Want a Revolution?: Understanding Guilty Plea Wrongful Convictions (June 18, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3869888 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3869888
Kent Roach (Contact Author)
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law ( email )
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