Examples Of Miscarriage Of Justice In The Crucible

“Innocent Until Proven Guilty” In The Crucible, Judge Danforth may have accidentally convicted an innocent person for a crime with which they were not involved. Even though Danforth may have done this, he should be considered innocent because of the false accusations the people made him believe. Considering there was a lot of false accusations and misconceptions, he should not be thought of as a false accuser; he may have gotten confused with all of the information that was being presented during the trials. In The Crucible, Abigail and the girls are to blame because they have all presented different information, causing confusion in the proceedings to occur. In The Crucible, Abigail and the girls are to blame because as they were being questioned all together, Danforth stated, “I have seen marvels in this court…I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me” (Feldman, Kinsella, Vaughn …show more content…
Miscarriage of justice is a situation where someone is punished by the court for a crime that they have not committed (Definition of “Miscarriage of Justice”). People may think that Danforth is guilty with the way he used his powers; he may have been too harsh with his decisions. Danforth was a judge who overused his powers while he was in court (Character Profile- Danforth). Danforth gained much respect from the townspeople, but the respect changed when they observed his decisions to put innocent people convicted. Danforth may also be thought to cause crimes against humanity, human suffering or death on a large scale (“Crime against Humanity”). After readers have read The Crucible, readers might think that Danforth has purposely convicted innocent people. Even though people have different opinions, some may also be in the middle of this