Category talk:Wrongfully convicted people

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How was Bonhoeffer "convicted in error"? He was guilty of crimes of conspiracy against the Nazi party. You could say that his conviction by the Nazi government was "wrong" in a moral sense. But it wasn't an error in a legal sense.

It's one thing to have a list of people convicted incorrectly according to the applicable laws. It's another to have a list of people convicted unjustly in some bigger human sense. Both lists might be interesting, but it would be ridiculous to try to maintain a list of the second kind in an encyclopedia that aims for NPOV.

I'm taking Bonhoeffer off the list. (Oh, I just noticed that Bonhoeffer was filed under 'D' for "Dietrich Bonoeffer." Well, it doesn't matter now.)

You did not read the article. The postwar German government admitted that he was wrongfully convicted. Pollinator 02:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] scope of this category

What exactly is meant by "in error" in this articles' scope? Anyone? Wrongfully convicted isn't well defined here. -- Kendrick7^talk 03:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Is not the claim that someone is wrongfully convicted usually controversial? (After all, it is a claim that the legal system got it wrong.) So does not placing someone in this category violate Wikipedia's Neutrality policy? Thus I suggest that the name of this category by changed to something like "Allegedly wrongfully convicted people" or "Convicted persons whose guilt is under dispute." These names are obviously not as catchy as "Wrongfully convicted people" so suggestions are welcome. --DougHill 04:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC)