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Identify at least three causes of wrongful conviction. Suggest ways in which the court system can help to reduce or eliminate these causes. Include reference to at least three examples of individuals who were wrongfully convicted and whose convictions might have been averted if recommendations had been followed.
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Thank you for your question. Three causes of wrongful conviction or as otherwise known in the legal world "miscarriages of justice" are:

1. At the investigation stage, when the police tampers with the evidence
2. When the police improperly gains confessions in order to provide evidence to support their view of the defendant's guilt
3. When victims and witnesses privately offer details of an incident but refuse to give evidence in public. In such cases, the police may stop the investigation because they have no evidence that can be used in court or seek other ways of possibility that a guilty ...

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