Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errors

This article aims to analyze the relationship between expert evidence and wrongful convictions. It is a topic that is still little explored in Brazil, but with a wide debate in the USA. For this reason, it is used as the basis of the American model to answer the following questions: 1) What are the...

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Main Authors: Aline de Araújo Lourenço, Erick Simões da Camara e Silva
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual Penal 2021-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal
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Online Access:http://www.ibraspp.com.br/revista/index.php/RBDPP/article/view/410
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description This article aims to analyze the relationship between expert evidence and wrongful convictions. It is a topic that is still little explored in Brazil, but with a wide debate in the USA. For this reason, it is used as the basis of the American model to answer the following questions: 1) What are the main American associations and databases related to the reversals of wrongful convictions? 2) What are the reflexes of the American approach in United Kingdom, Canada and Brazil? 3) How do expert evidence relate to wrongful convictions? 4) Are there criteria applicable to expert evidence that can be implemented in Brazil in order to reduce the chance of expert errors and misinterpretation by the judges? It is expected to present the point and the counterpoint in the use of expert evidence, to address the merits of associations that seek to reverse wrongful convictions and to suggest criteria to improve the way the experts dialogue with the judges.
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spelling doaj-art-d51f3e831a264e00959ee5ae31d3cb3f2025-08-20T03:18:12ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual PenalRevista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal2525-510X2021-03-017110.22197/rbdpp.v7i1.410212Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errorsAline de Araújo Lourenço0Erick Simões da Camara e Silva1Instituto de Pós-Graduação – IPOG – São Paulo/SPInstituto de Pós-Graduação – IPOG – São Paulo/SPThis article aims to analyze the relationship between expert evidence and wrongful convictions. It is a topic that is still little explored in Brazil, but with a wide debate in the USA. For this reason, it is used as the basis of the American model to answer the following questions: 1) What are the main American associations and databases related to the reversals of wrongful convictions? 2) What are the reflexes of the American approach in United Kingdom, Canada and Brazil? 3) How do expert evidence relate to wrongful convictions? 4) Are there criteria applicable to expert evidence that can be implemented in Brazil in order to reduce the chance of expert errors and misinterpretation by the judges? It is expected to present the point and the counterpoint in the use of expert evidence, to address the merits of associations that seek to reverse wrongful convictions and to suggest criteria to improve the way the experts dialogue with the judges.http://www.ibraspp.com.br/revista/index.php/RBDPP/article/view/410provapericialcondenaçãoinocência.
spellingShingle Aline de Araújo Lourenço
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Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errors
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title_full Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errors
title_fullStr Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errors
title_full_unstemmed Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errors
title_short Considerations on wrongful conviction based on forensic evidence: analysis by the Innocence Project, the National Registry of Exoneration and mechanisms for reducing forensic errors
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