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Bookmark or Share- Our Impact: By the Numbers - Innocence ProjectThese 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 March 28, 2024.
- The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful ConvictionsNovember 28, 2023. Wrongful conviction, or the conviction of a person for a crime that they did not commit, is one of the greatest travesties of the criminal justice system. As of 2023, The National Registry of Exonerations has recorded over 3,000 cases of wrongful convictions in the United States. [1] .
- Wrongful Convictions: The Facts - WV Innocence ProjectA wrongful conviction is when a person is convicted of a crime they did not commit. Wrongful convictions are often the result of multiple failures— usually by investigators, witnesses, scientists, and lawyers— that can occur at various stages of the criminal justice process.
- Wrongful Convictions | Brennan Center for JusticeAnalysis. Wrongful Convictions. Why they happen, and why they can be so hard to fix. Ames Grawert. October 5, 2018. End Mass Incarceration. Changing Incentives. “Our procedure has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted. It is an unreal dream.” Judge Learned Hand, United States v. Garsson, 291 F. 646, 649 (S.D.N.Y. 1923)
- The fight for exoneration: Over 29,100 years 'lost' in prison in ...WPLG. The registry found that the most often cited factors for wrongful convictions are: witness misidentification, false accusation, false confession, faulty forensic evidence, inadequate legal defense, police misconduct and prosecutorial misconduct.
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