Notes: This timely course will introduce students to the magnitude, complexities, and solutions to miscarriages of justice within our criminal system. The student will distinguish both narrow and broad injustices and compare and contrast the costs, human and financial, associated with these miscarriages while integrating plausible solutions within political, cultural, and legal frameworks. In this engaging and experiential online course, you will be exposed to multiple viewpoints and sources, through a movie, lectures, guest speakers and discussions, and be required to evaluate and synthesize these perspectives. Short assignments and discussion posts will be combined with a paper evaluating a particular miscarriage of justice case. This course is appropriate for all levels. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss the broad meaning of miscarriages of justice 2. Recognize the various characteristics of miscarriage victims and the types of miscarriages of justice including wrongful conviction and disproportionate prosecutorial and judicial discretion 3. Analyze the causes and correlates that lead to miscarriages of justice both individually and systemically. 4. Compares and contrasts the axis of responsible parties and public policies 5. Explain the costs and consequences of miscarriages of justice 6. Develop solutions to reduce miscarriages of justice