Exonerations and False Convictions
It is scary to know that most wrongful convictions do not end in exonerations and instead the accused serves their time or even dies in prison. The National Registry of Exonerations is a new project by University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern University School of Law. More than 2,000 innocent people have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years. You can read the details of nearly 900 exoneration cases at the registry website.
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Date of Article: May 21, 2012
[Abstract by Carrie Wells, ForensIQ Student Intern, June 18, 2012]