Which term describes a wrongful conviction of an innocent person?

• A. Evaluating Criminal Cases
• B. Miscarriage of Justice
• C. Crime Scene Evidence Collection
• D. Guilty Verdict

Answer: (B)

A miscarriage of justice describes a wrongful conviction of an innocent person. This term specifically names the failure of the justice system to protect the innocent, often due to factors like mistaken identity, flawed evidence, biased investigations, or coerced confessions. It covers outcomes where convictions are later overturned or exonerations occur, emphasizing the error in the result rather than just the process.

Other terms refer to different parts of the system: evaluating cases is about reviewing cases, crime scene evidence collection is a step in gathering facts, and a guilty verdict is the decision of guilt—an outcome that can be correct or incorrect, but by itself does not denote the wrongful conviction when innocence is proven.