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      • Two more innocent death-row prisoners were exonerated in 2021, and a DPIC review of the more than 9,600 death sentences imposed in the U.S. since 1972 discovered another eleven previously unrecorded death-row exonerations. That raised the number of death-row exonerations to 186 — one for every 8.3 executions in the modern era.
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  2. Exonerations by 5-Year Span. From 1973-1999, there were an average of 3.03 exonerations per year. From 2000-2020, there have been an average of 4.29 exonerations per year.

  3. Oct 23, 2020 · The use or threat of the death penalty was a factor in more than 13% of exonerations across the United States in 2019 and nearly 95% of those cases involved some form of major misconduct, a Death Penalty Information Center analysis of data from the National Registry of Exonerations has revealed.

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  4. Mar 28, 2024 · These numbers provide a snapshot of wrongful convictions remedied with the help of the Innocence Project. They are based on a data set of information drawn from the case documents of DNA exonerations, non-DNA exonerations, and other legal victories. Numbers stated are current as of March 28, 2024.

  5. Feb 18, 2021 · DNA testing and scrutiny of actions by police, prosecutors, and public defenders have helped exonerate 182 people from death row since 1972, and as of December 2020 had led to more than 2,700...

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  6. The pursuit or threatened use of the death penalty by police or prosecutors led to the wrongful murder convictions of at least seventeen innocent people who were exonerated in 2023 — constituting more than 11% of the 153 exonerations recorded nationwide by the National Registry in 2023 — according to a review of data by the Death Penalty Policy ...

  7. Fast facts: 1989: The first DNA exoneration took place. 375 DNA exonerees to date. 37: States where exonerations have been won. 14: Average number of years served. 5,284: Total number of years served. 26.6: Average age at the time of wrongful conviction. 43: Average age at exoneration. 21 of 375 people served time on death row.

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