冤假错案

冤假錯案
yuānjiǎcuò'àn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 unjust, fabricated and erroneous cases (in a legal system)
  2. 2 miscarriages of justice

Examples

Jìn nián lái, yīxiē yuānjiǎcuò'àn lùxù dédào píngfǎn.
In recent years, a number of miscarriages of justice have been gradually overturned.
Sīfǎ gǎigé yào cóng gēnyuán shàng fángzhǐ yuānjiǎcuò'àn.
Judicial reform must prevent unjust, fabricated, and erroneous cases at their root.

Tips

usage
Set legal-policy term made of three case-types: 冤案 (wrongful — innocent person convicted), (fabricated — fake charges), (erroneous — factual mistakes). Often appears with 平反 ('overturn / rehabilitate') in news about exonerations.
register
Heavy political weight on the mainland — became a watchword during the post-Cultural-Revolution rehabilitations of the late 1970s, when millions of cases were reviewed.

Stroke Order

yuān
jià
cuò
àn