History Main / MiscarriageOfJustice

* A mission in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''. When you first enter Markarth, you will witness a murder on the streets (or prevent it if you are quick enough). The following quest causes you to continue on a CSI-esque Mission to figure out why one man attacked the woman. Once you've found out, the guards pick up on it and blame you for the murders in town, even if you didn't kill a single soul. From there, you have to make a big decision: [[spoiler:Murder the gang leader who has been forced to plan these attacks, while letting the real mastermind, Markarth's crime lord, get away with it, or work with the gang leader to kill the crimelord, but lose control of the gang, which kills about a dozen innocents between the prison entrance and the hold's exit]]. [[TakeAThirdOption You can also kill both factions]], but then you've just massacred two entire factions for each others' crimes and weakened the region while the threat of the Thalmor still struts in the palace.

** The third case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'' (''Gyakuten Kenji 2'') is about a man who was found guilty [[spoiler:as an accomplice]] to a murder 18 years prior. The defending attorney, [[spoiler:Gregory Edgeworth]], tried his hardest to get an acquittal, but [[spoiler:the lack of a body didn't give him enough evidence to work with and eventually, due to overzealous pressure for a confession, the defendant eventually cracked and confessed to a crime he never committed.]] The best he was able to do was give the prosecution a black mark for their conduct during the interrogations (which itself leads [[spoiler:to the infamous "DL-6 Incident" that was basically the ignition for the rest of the franchise]]). The conclusion [[spoiler:uncovers the true culprit and proves the defendant innocent]], however [[spoiler:the culprit was only able to be convicted because the defendant's trial and conviction as an accomplice had extended the statute of limitations on the murder by one year when it would have otherwise run out four months ago. If the defendant were to have his conviction overturned and go free, then the extension would no longer apply and the culprit would go free as well.]] Ultimately, Edgeworth and co. [[spoiler:choose to free the defendant, while planning to try and get the problems with the statute of limitations sorted out in the future so that the culprit can still face justice.]]

** In "Knock Wood", a lawyer helps his guilty client avoid conviction by invoking the numerous superhero tropes, like evil twins, doppelgangers, and mind control. He even invokes the Silver Agent's unjustly death to push the jury into a decision.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh6eaxv2uDg Go Down Ye Murderers/The Ballad of Tim Evans]]" by Ewan Maccoll chronicles the tragic case of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Evans Timothy Evans]]. He was hanged in 1950 for murdering his wife and daughter, but it turned out that his neighbor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer) John Christie]] (who'd testified against Evans and helped secure his conviction as the star witness) actually did it, in fact being a SerialKiller who'd killed at least eight people overall. The initial version directly condemned the courts for Evans' death (the "Ye Murderers" from [[TitleDrop one title]]), though another changed this. It was one of the cases that helped lead to capital punishment being ended in the UK. Evans was [[AcquittedTooLate pardoned and exonerated years later]].

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': [[spoiler:Childe ends up on the receiving end of one by the end of Chapter IV Act II. Though proven innocent in the serial disappearances case, the Oratrice still issues a "Guilty" verdict. This shocks everyone present, as the Oratrice has never contradicted the Chief Justice before.]]

* Music/{{Disturbed}} has "3", a B-side off of the Asylum album, which is written about the West Memphis Three, as seen below in the Real Life section, told from their perspective. Draiman had expressed a desire to donate it somehow on their behalf rather than release it conventionally, [[http://www.disturbed1.com/splash/ which the band did eventually over their website]], asking for dollar donations to get the song. The proceeds go towards the defense fund of Damien Echols (he has since been released).