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Sep 8, 2023 · Innocence. The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person. Since 1973, at least 197 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated. DPIC Database: Innocence Database. A Death Penalty Information Center database of every death-row exoneration since 1972.
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As of February 2nd, 2024, the Innocence Database maintained by the Death Penalty Information Center shows 196 exonerations of prisoners on death row in the United States since 1973. 1820s. 1820 Jesse Boorn, Vermont. Convicted 1819. Stephen Boorn, Vermont. Convicted 1819. 1850s. 1851 Thomas Berdue, California. Convicted 1851.
Death Penalty Cases. We represent a number of people on death row with strong claims of innocence, and, over the years, have helped free those facing execution for crimes they did not commit.
Feb 18, 2021 · Since 1973, more than 8,700 people in the U.S. have been sent to death row. At least 182 weren’t guilty—their lives upended by a system that nearly killed them.
