wrongful convictions
Innocent people imprisoned
Wrongful convictions are criminal convictions of people who are actually innocent of the crimes.
They result from mistaken eyewitness identification, false confessions, prosecutorial misconduct, inadequate defense, or flawed forensic evidence.
DNA testing has exonerated hundreds of wrongfully convicted prisoners, some after decades in prison.
The Innocence Project works to overturn wrongful convictions.
- false confessionUntrue guilt statement
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- DNA testingAnalyzing hereditary material
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- lost yearsUnproductive period passed
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