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     • A 2014 study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences estimated that at least 4% of people sentenced to death are innocent.
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2. deathpenaltyinfo.org › analysis-innocent-deathNew Analysis: Innocent Death-Sentenced Prisoners Wait Longer ...

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   Aug 13, 2024 · Our Innocence Database tracks people who were exonerated since 1973, after the Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia invalidated the nation’s death penalty statutes and commuted the sentences of everyone on death row. The earliest death sentence in our database was in 1963.

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   How many people have been exonerated from death row?

   • At least 190 people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S. since 1973, largely Black and Latinx inmates who are wrongfully convicted at a higher rate than white people, according to the Death Penalty Information Center and the Innocence Project.

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   How many executions were there before the death penalty?

   • Implementation of the death penalty had become quite rare (at least compared to the size of the death row population) prior to the 1972 Supreme Court decision. There were 5 executions in 1965, 1 in 1966 and 2 in 1967, and no more than 2 per year until 1983.

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   What happened to the death penalty?

   • In June 2002, the Supreme Court invalidated the death penalty laws of several states that allowed a judge and not a jury to impose a death sentence. An estimated 180 to 800 current death sentences will be converted to life sentences, reducing the current death row population.

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   Is Roberson still on death row?

   • In October, the court refused to hear his case. So Roberson remains on death row, hoping for vindication of his innocence claims before it is too late. He is not alone. The new Death Penalty Information Center report points to what it calls “longstanding efforts to restrict the number and scope of appeals.”

   Why is it so hard to correct mistakes on death row? 

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4. thehill.com › 4831550-death-row-exonerationKiller mistakes: Why are exonerations so difficult on death row?

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   2 days ago · Robert Roberson sits on death row in Texas for a crime he maintains he did not commit. Convicted and sentenced in 2003 on charges of killing his two-year-old daughter, Roberson is scheduled to be ...

5. deathpenalty.org › the-number-of-death-rowThe number of death row exonerations in the U.S. is now at 20

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   Jul 25, 2024 · Florida leads the U.S. with the highest number of exonerations (30), followed by Illinois (22), and Texas (18). Larry Roberts, whose exoneration in California we reported in May, was the 200th innocent person to walk off death row, according to DPIC.

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7. prismreports.org › 2024/08/01 › death-row-familiesDeath row families are the hidden victims of the US death penalty

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   Aug 1, 2024 · The U.S. has executed 1,592 people since the 1970s, and 2,241 currently await execution on death row. Each person sentenced has a constellation of family members who must navigate the unique, overlooked, and isolating challenges of their loved ones’ death sentences.

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   Aug 8, 2024 · At least 190 people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S. since 1973, largely Black and Latinx inmates who are wrongfully convicted at a higher rate than white people, according...

9. deathpenaltyinfo.org › facts-and-research › clemencyClemency | Death Penalty Information Center

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   Jul 29, 2024 · Aside from the occasional blanket grants of clemency by governors concerned about the overall fairness of the death penalty, less than two have been granted on average per year since 1976. In the same period, more than 1,500 cases have proceeded to execution.

10. www.prisonpolicy.org › overviewdeathpenaltyOverview Death Penalty | Prison Index | Prison Policy Initiative

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    Death Penalty. The number of executions and the size of the death row population (those awaiting execution) has ballooned since the restoration of the death penalty in 1976. But the situation is subtle; more so than the graph (following) illustrating the size of death row suggests.