Punishing The Innocent: An Insight Into The Wrongly Convicted

Siri Mahesh Kota, Ramaiah College of Law, Bangalore

ABSTRACT

The responsibilities and the large necessary requirements for the proper implementation and policing of criminal law are described. In the west: The absolute goal of the criminal justice system of every country is to exonerate the innocent and punish the genuine offender. The importance of this idea increases when discussing the criminal justice system. For the correct distribution of justice, courts are predominantly accountable. Punishing the innocent and punishing the guilty excessively are both ethically wrong, yet, these are not morally equal. The morality of purposefully hurting innocent people by wrongfully punishing them has been the subject of many philosophical arguments. There are numerous occasions in history where the then-judicial system punished innocent civilians while leaving the primary violators unpunished. The focus of the moment must be on issues like inadequate policing and criminal prevention that have damaged the justice system. When innocent persons are wrongfully convicted in our legal system, particularly in criminal cases, this is known as wrongful conviction. When we talk about the unfairness it entails, excessive punishment appears to be ethically equal to punishing the innocent.