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We found, among other patterns, that Black people who were convicted of murder were about 50% more likely to be innocent than other convicted murderers, and that innocent Black people were about 12 times more likely to be convicted of drug crimes than innocent white people.
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Sep 16, 2020 · But a new study digs into the reasons people are wrongly convicted, and it has found that 54 percent of those defendants are victimized by official misconduct, with police involved in 34...
Official misconduct contributed to the false criminal convictions of more than half — 54 percent — of innocent people who were later exonerated, according to a comprehensive report released this month by the National Registry of Exonerations.
Jun 15, 2021 · The number is staggering: 1,296 factually innocent people convicted due to the deliberate misconduct of government officials. Considering the Report’s limitations, the actual number of cases is likely far higher.
Sep 15, 2020 · In 54 percent of these cases, misconduct by officials contributed to a false conviction. The more severe the crime, the more likely misconduct played a role when an innocent person was...
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Sep 17, 2020 · A study published September 1 found misconduct by government officials has contributed to 54% of false convictions of defendants who were later exonerated in the past three decades, with...
More than half of wrongful convictions can be traced to witnesses who lied in court or made false accusations.4 In 2018, a record number of exonerations involved misconduct by government officials.5 Other leading causes of wrongful convictions include mistaken eyewitness identifications, false or misleading forensic science, and jailhouse inform...
