Our wrongful convictions registry contains information about people whose criminal convictions that have been quashed (rejected as invalid) because of problems with evidence or the interpretation of evidence at their trial (i.e. on the basis of factual error). Many of these people spent years in custody before their convictions were quashed.

You can find information on individual cases and also underlying issues that cause wrongful convictions. This information may be helpful if you are researching wrongful convictions or if you have been convicted of an offence that you did not commit.

The database has been compiled on the basis of extensive research, however is not comprehensive and there are many wrongful convictions that are not listed here, either due to a lack of available information or because they have not been discovered yet. If you know of a case that should be added to the database please let us know using our “Add a Case” function.