Wrongfully convicted women face unique challenges. The criminal justice system accuses them not only of committing crimes, but of violating social expectations. Small wonder, then, that wrongfully convicted women are more likely than their male counterparts to be convicted of crimes against children-and of crimes that never even happened. What can we do about it?
The criminal justice system is targeting parents based on flawed science. That needs to stop.
Facial recognition software was supposed to be a step above eyewitness identification, but both methods have raised legitimate doubts about their reliability.
Wrongfully convicted women face unique challenges. The criminal justice system accuses them not only of committing crimes, but of violating social expectations. Small wonder, then, that wrongfully convicted women are more likely than their male counterparts to be convicted of crimes against children—and of crimes that never even happened.
Before trial even began, two jurors said they would vote guilty based on the women’s sexual orientations.
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