wrongful
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He didn’t know much about the process, he said, except that it was meant to help people like himself get back on their feet after a wrongful conviction.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
In May, the rapper's stepbrother Maurice Shakur filed a wrongful death lawsuit in civil court.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
"There is no such thing as so-called wrongful detention," the ministry's spokesman Lin Jian said.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A Foreign Ministry spokesman, when asked about Chen during a Tuesday media briefing in Beijing, said the country is governed by laws and rejected allegations of wrongful detention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
They're vulnerable to all sorts of problems that increase the risk of a wrongful conviction.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
