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Exonerations in the United States 1989 Through 2003

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Exonerations in the United States 1989 Through 2003

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University of Michigan Law School (Ann Arbor, MI)

Open Society Institute-New York. Gideon Project (New York, NY)

Published 2004. 35 pages.

Results from a study of wrongful conviction exonerations, in particular those of serious crimes, since 1989 are provided. This report covers: exonerations over time; the crimes for which exonerated defendants were convicted; the relation between known exonerations and all false convictions; exonerations by state; some of the causes of the false convictions; race; and exonerations by state and year of exoneration. Almost all of the exonerations (97%) involved convictions for murder (61%) or rape (37%). The top four states for false convictions are Illinois, New York, Texas, and California. Accession Number: 019654

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