false charge; false accusation; wrongful conviction
Refers to being charged with or convicted of a crime one did not commit. Often used in legal and news contexts.
He spent ten years in prison on a false charge.
The lawyer worked hard to clear the false accusation.
The man was arrested on a false charge and later proven innocent.
It took him many years to clear himself of the false charge.
She was framed for murder.
New evidence revealed that it had been a wrongful conviction.
無実 means the state of being innocent, while 冤罪 refers to the false charge or wrongful conviction itself, not the innocence.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
From 冤 (false, unjust) + 罪 (crime). The kanji 冤 is relatively rare and carries the meaning of a wrongful accusation or injustice.