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  2. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › innocenceInnocence | Death Penalty Information Center

    5 days ago · Since 1973, 200 former death-row prisoners have been exonerated of all charges related to the wrongful convictions that had put them on death row. At Issue It is now clear that innocent defendants will be convicted and sentenced to death with some regularity as long as the death penalty exists.

  3. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › innocenceInnocence By the Numbers - Death Penalty Information Center

    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. The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.….

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_exonerated_deathList of exonerated death row inmates - Wikipedia

    This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row but later found to be wrongly convicted. Many of these exonerees' sentences were overturned by acquittal or pardon, but some of those listed were exonerated posthumously. [1]

  6. innocenceproject.org › exonerations-dataOur Impact: By the Numbers - Innocence Project

    Sep 30, 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 Sept. 30, 2024.

  7. innocenceproject.org › innocence-and-the-death-penaltyInnocence and the Death Penalty - Innocence Project

    The vast majority of people exonerated from death row are Black or Latinx, and more than half of death row exonerees are Black. Studies consistently demonstrate that the race of the accused and/or race of the victim plays an arbitrary yet determinative role in the administration of the death penalty.

  8. deathpenaltyinfo.org › database › innocenceInnocence Database - Death Penalty Information Center

    State — Place of cap­i­tal conviction. Years Between — The dif­fer­ence between the year of exon­er­a­tion and the year of cap­i­tal conviction. Exoneration Procedure — Normally, when a con­vic­tion is over­turned by an appel­late court, the state has the option of re-try­ing the defen­dant.

  9. www.science.org › content › articleMore Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent

    Apr 28, 2014 · One in 25 criminal defendants who has been handed a death sentence in the United States has likely been erroneously convicted. That number—4.1% to be exact—comes from a new analysis of more than 3 decades of data on death sentences and death row exonerations across the United States.

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