Can you think of a modern situation where hysteria and faulty rules of evidence sent innocent people 2 prison?

Question

Can you think of a modern situation where hysteria and faulty rules of evidence sent innocent people 2 prison?

Answer 1

The hysteria which surrounded the McMartin preschool scandal in the 1980s pretty much destroyed lives.  I think all the charges were eventually thrown out, but it went on for years and years and some of the accused spent years in jail as a result of accusations of abuse.

Answer 2

Political rivelry is rampant in Kerala. Most of the murders are for political reasons.  The real culprit evades arrest and instead of him some innocent man will bebooked.  Then evidence will be concocted by the police on a weak first information report. The real murderer escaped punishment and an innocent man was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court.  Then the politicalparty invested a huge amount to file an appeal in the appex court and at last he too was exonerated.  Evidence act is often misused with the help of the police.            U.K.Atiyodi, Kandangali, Payyanur Kerala, India