澳大利亚目前缺乏系统性的冤假错案统计机制，导致该国无法准确掌握问题规模1。据学者统计，1997年至2015年间澳大利亚仅有48起已知冤假错案被正式认可1，但2014年的一项估计指出澳大利亚监狱中可能存在近300名冤假错案受害者1，这一巨大差距反映了现有制度的严重不足。
国际经验表明建立独立审查机构的必要性。美国自20世纪90年代初以来已有600多人因DNA证据被宣判无罪1，平均服刑时间为13.5年1。英国刑事案件审查委员会（CCRC）则提供了更系统的范例。自1997年至2025年9月，英国CCRC共转交859起案件到上诉法院，平均每年31起，其中603起推翻原判，推翻率为70%1。
若按英国CCRC的比例推算，澳大利亚自1997年以来应有约300起案件转交上诉法院，其中约210起推翻原判1。这与实际认可的冤假错案数量相差悬殊，说明大量案件可能未被识别。专家建议澳大利亚应建立类似英国CCRC的全国性刑事案件审查委员会，推断每年可能会发现约8至9起冤假错案1，从而系统性地发现和纠正冤假错案。
Australia lacks a systematic mechanism to identify and track wrongful convictions, leaving the true extent of the problem unknown.1 In contrast, comparable nations have established dedicated review bodies: the United States has exonerated over 600 individuals through DNA evidence since the early 1990s, with those wrongly convicted serving an average of 13.5 years in prison.1 The United Kingdom's Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) operates with 124 staff and a budget of GB 9.07 million pounds (approximately AUD 17.26 million) for the 2024/25 financial year.1
The British CCRC's track record demonstrates the scale of potential injustices that systematic review can uncover. In 2024, the commission examined 1,480 cases and referred 31 to the Court of Appeal, with 18 of 27 cases overturned, representing a 66 percent success rate.1 Since its establishment in 1997 through September 2025, the CCRC has referred 859 cases to the appeals court, averaging 31 annually, with 603 resulting in convictions being overturned—a 70 percent reversal rate.1 Applying the CCRC's proportions to Australia's population and criminal justice system, researchers estimate that since 1997, approximately 300 Australian cases should have been referred to appellate courts, with around 210 convictions overturned.1 Yet scholar Rachel Dioso-Villa documented only 48 known wrongful convictions in Australia between 1997 and 2015.1 A separate 2014 estimate suggested that nearly 300 victims of wrongful conviction may currently be imprisoned in Australian prisons.1
These disparities underscore the urgent need for Australia to establish a national criminal cases review commission to systematically identify and correct wrongful convictions.1
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