I remember a famous case in France where a guy spent 15 years before being released. He would have been sentenced to death a few years before, when death penalt

I remember a famous case in France where a guy spent 15 years before being released. He would have been sentenced to death a few years before, when death penalty was still in place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Dils There was another case, more recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outreau_trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outreau_trial I suspect it happens in all countries (some more than others, probably). No human institution is perfect.