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Imprisoned But Innocent: Wrongful Convictions and Imprisonments in Germany, 1990-2016

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Leuschner, Fredericke, Rettenberger, Martin, Dessecker, Axel·2020·Crime & Delinquency
DOI 10.1177/0011128719833355
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Although in the United States wrongful convictions and imprisonments are a major public and scientific concern, this topic has been largely ignored in Germany for decades. The present article offers for the first time an overview of all accessible German cases of successful retrials involving convicted persons who served a prison sentence since 1990. The data refer to 31 wrongfully convicted persons in 29 independent cases. Although the largest group consists of cases of false allegations, some of the wrongly convicted were considered not guilty by reason of insanity, and a few wrongful convictions occurred because of eyewitness misidentification and false confessions. In addition, incorrect expert testimony contributed considerably to the wrongful conviction in some cases.

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Authors
Leuschner, F., Rettenberger, M., & Dessecker, A.
Affiliations
  • Kriminologische Zentralstelle (DE)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • University of Göttingen (DE)
Corresponding author
Leuschner, Fredericke
ORCID
Venue
Crime & Delinquency
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2019-03-06
Volume
66
Issue
5
Pages
687-711
ISSN
  • 0011-1287 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-387X
DOI
10.1177/0011128719833355
OpenAlex
W2920912573
Cited by
20
References
1
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2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5
FWCI
17.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
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  • Crime & Delinquency (publishedVersion)
  • GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Legal processes and jurisprudence
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
Keywords
wrongful convictions, wrongful imprisonment, retrial, Germany, false accusation, insanity defense, eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, expert testimony, post-reunification Germany

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