Kent Roach

Photograph by University of Toronto Faculty of Law

About The Author

Kent Roach is Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is the award-winning author of seventeen books, including Canadian Justice and Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case (shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing). He has also written over 275 articles and chapters published around the world. He served as volume lead for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Report on the Legacy of Residential Schools. In 2015, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

Books by Kent Roach

Wrongfully Convicted (Updated and Expanded Edition)

Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice

By Kent Roach
A top legal scholar explains Canada’s national tragedy of wrongful convictions, how anyone could be caught up in them, and what we can do to safeguard justice.
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