Record Number of False Convictions Overturned in 2015

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Source: New York Times

A record number of American prison inmates were found in 2015 to have been falsely convicted, according to a report released on Wednesday.

At least 149 defendants were cleared last year, 10 more than in 2014, according to a review by the National Registry of Exonerations, a project of the University of Michigan’s law school that tracks such cases and also aims to reform the criminal justice system.

The inmates had spent more than 14 years behind bars on average. Some served more than three decades in prison.

The annual tally of false convictions has more than doubled since 2011, the registry said. On average, nearly three convictions were overturned every week last year. All told, the project has recorded 1,733 exonerations since 1989.

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[mountain grammy]

1. K & R

and whatever we do, let's not forget our own Democratic president's contribution to this fiasco from 1992 to 2000.

The mass incarceration of American citizens is the story of the century.

[blackspade]

2. Likely the tip of the iceberg, especially among AA inmates.

The whole system is corrupt.

[Hoppy]

3. That's why we need to expand the death penalty. There will be fewer exonerations. Taxes will be

lowered because there will be fewer exonerated persons to sue the states for false imprisonment.

















Yes, Martha, its sarcasm.