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miscarriage of justice
Idioms and Phrases
An unfair decision, especially one in a court of law. For example, Many felt that his being expelled from the school was a miscarriage of justice . This expression, which uses miscarriage in the sense of “making a blunder,†was first recorded in 1875.Example Sentences
This breathtakingly ambitious show tells the story of the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, a gross miscarriage of justice that culminated in his antisemitic lynching.
Mr Bates vs the Post Office meant "a lot of people saw for the first time the sort of hell going on in the background in the Post Office, the real miscarriage of justice going on right across the country", he said.
Brian describes the help from his MP as a "step forward", not just for him but for other victims of a miscarriage of justice.
However, following a small but significant law change in 2014, if a victim of a miscarriage of justice in England and Wales wants to receive compensation, they must not only be cleared, but also demonstrate they are innocent - in effect "reversing the burden of proof", according to Brian's barrister, Stephen Vullo KC.
There are now growing calls for the 2014 law to be reversed so a person would only need to show they had been a victim of a miscarriage of justice to receive compensation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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