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.

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