led to his conviction was coerced and given only after he had a mental breakdown; he had been seen beating his head against the wall of his cell, in what was later termed a psychotic episode. Because of the signed confession, Rivera spent the next 20 years in prison. He continued to maintain his innocence, and his story of a coerced confession under mental duress. He was retried three times and was found guilty three times, even though DNA evidence cleared him of guilt all three times. Each conviction was reversed, but it wasn’t until the third reversal that Juan Rivera could no longer be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

3.Guy Paul Morin — Spent 10 Years in Prison

Via winnipegfreepress.com

Essentially the poster boy for miscarriage of justice inCanada, Guy Paul Morin is the most famous Canadian to be wrongfully convicted of a crime and spend considerable time behind bars. In October of 1984 nine-year-old Christine Jessop disappeared from her Queensville, Ontario home. Her body was found 56 kilometers away, almost three months later, on Dec. 31. Suspicion immediately turned to 25-year-old Morin, who lived with his parents next door to the Jessops. On October 3, Christine was dropped off at her home after school while both of her parents were out. After determining a timeline that had Christine’s parents arrive home before Morin had the time to return home from work and kill the young girl, police left Morin alone. Briefly. Three months later, police, who were baffled by the crime and under extreme pressure