national registry of exonerations
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60-Year-Old Philadelphia Man Exonerated After Wrongfully Spending Over 30 Years in Prison
Curtis Crosland spent years trying to prove his innocence. A review of his case found that the information proving his innocence was on file the whole time.
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Innocent Blacks 7 Times More Likely to Be Convicted of Murder: Study
A new report from the National Registry of Exonerations has confirmed what we already knew (I know most of y’all ain’t surprised): Black people are more likely to be wrongfully convicted than their white counterparts, and they are also more likely to spend a longer time behind bars before they are exonerated. As the report,…