An estimated 3-6% of US prisoners are innocent — over 3,300 exonerations since 1989, with an average 14 years served before release — documented evidence
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The National Registry of Exonerations has documented over 3,300 exonerations since 1989. Research estimates 3-6% of US prisoners are actually innocent, meaning 60,000-120,000 innocent people may be incarcerated. The Innocence Project has used DNA evidence to exonerate 375+ people, 21 of whom served time on death row. The average exoneree served 14 years before release. Leading causes: mistaken eyewitness identification (69%), false confessions (29%), jailhouse informants (17%), and bad forensic science (24%).

An estimated 3-6% of US prisoners are innocent — over 3,300 exonerations since 1989, with an average 14 years served before release

LEGAL·January 1, 1992·By Innocence Project / Barry Scheck·3.5K upvotes·98 comments
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We are not talking about a few bad cases. The system produces wrongful convictions at an industrial scale — thousands of innocent people behind bars.
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