miscarriage of justice in English
noun
1
a failure of a court or judicial system to attain the ends of justice, especially one that results in the conviction of an innocent person.
If the error is one of law, the onus will then shift to the Crown to demonstrate that the error did not result in a miscarriage of justice .
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1. The false witness, on the other hand, is full of deceit and promotes the miscarriage of justice.
2. A major reason for abolishing the death penalty was to prevent absolutely such a gross miscarriage of justice
3. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francophone world, and it remains one of the most notable examples of a complex miscarriage of justice and antisemitism.