#BlackLivesMatter, race, and wrongful convictions

While the racial inequalities more broadly and within the justice system remain on the political agenda, it is also imperative to keep in mind the influence of race on wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice. Most of what is known about the impact of race on wrongful conviction is derived from the US, where African American people remain overrepresented in wrongful conviction statistics, comprising almost half of all exonerations. Issues of racial discrimination, witness misidentification and official misconduct are a number of the causal factors contributing to this.