刑事司法體系乃一篩網,具有許多層次,透過越來越細的網目,將犯罪的人篩選出來並給予適當的處遇,沒有犯罪的人則予以排除。然而,這個系統並非盡善盡美,有一群遭到錯誤分類的人,因為受到冤錯,失去自己大好的青春年華,賠上人生和司法體系搏鬥,只為喚回本屬於自己的清白。 本篇論文以台灣近代三位冤獄案件之當事人進行詳實的生命故事報導,描繪出這些原本無辜的人是如何被有意陷害,並因檢警的有罪推定淪為被告,而最終在冤獄平反協會與民間司法改革基金會的努力之下打開心房,讓他們再次為自己的清白和救援者們攜手努力,以及日後獲得平反後回歸社會所遇到的種種困難。 此外,本篇報導也針對刑事司法系統與媒體現象進行制度性評析,試圖找出一個冤錯案件中,刑事司法系統的每個角色與媒體該朝什麼方向努力,從制度上降低冤錯案件的產生。
This paper is a thorough report about three modern cases of wrongful convictions in Taiwan. It describes how these innocent people having been intentionally framed and accused of something they never did, which took their days of lives and put them into despair. However, through the constant efforts of Taiwan Innocent Project and Judicial Reform Foundation, those desperate people fought for their innocence and finally returned to freedom. In addition, this report also provides an institutional critique of the criminal justice system and the media phenomenon, trying to find out what each part of this system and media can do to reduce wrongful convictions.