0 a situation in which someone is punished by the law courts for a crime that they have not committed:
Many people oppose the death penalty because of the possibility of miscarriages of justice.
1 a situation in which someone is punished by a court of law for a crime that they have not committed:
This trial has been carefully watched internationally and if there is a negative verdict it will undoubtedly be a miscarriage of justice.
They feel that there has been a miscarriage of justice.
Could not one, two or even five others have suffered from a miscarriage of justice?
I think that the chances of a miscarriage of justice are considerably increased by relying upon this subsection.
In my view that was a gross miscarriage of justice.
I do not think there has been any miscarriage of justice through the judge advocate's retiring with the court.
I would certainly want my constituents to have access to it in cases of miscarriage of justice.
I understand that there is an instrument for the measurement of noise and to reduce the dangers of miscarriage of justice to the minimum.
