“If I Were White, I’d Have Never Been Convicted.”
When exonerees share their stories, a painful pattern emerges:
🛑 Black men wrongfully convicted of murder are exonerated at a rate seven times higher than white men.
🛑 Hispanic individuals are twice as likely as whites to be falsely convicted of drug crimes.
🛑 Black and Hispanic exonerees spend, on average, four years longer in prison before being freed.
The justice system isn’t just broken. It’s racially biased.
The Racial Disparities in Wrongful Convictions
🔹 Misidentification – Studies show that people of one race often struggle to correctly identify people of another race.
🔹 Coerced Confessions – Black and Hispanic individuals are more likely to be subjected to aggressive interrogations.
🔹 Prosecutorial Misconduct – Black and Hispanic defendants face harsher charges, longer sentences, and more wrongful convictions.
This isn’t just a mistake—it’s a pattern of systemic racism in the justice system.
The Numbers Are Clear
✅ Black Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population but account for 47% of wrongful conviction exonerations.
✅ Hispanic individuals are 1.7 times more likely to be falsely convicted than whites.
✅ White exonerees are more likely to receive financial compensation than exonerees of color.
This isn’t just a problem. It’s an injustice that has been ignored for too long.
Demand Change
💙 Educate yourself – Learn the racial disparities in the justice system.
💙 Support exonerees of color – Donate to organizations like the Wrongful Conviction Trauma Center.
💙 Push for reform – Demand accountability in wrongful conviction cases.
🚨 Because justice isn’t justice if it only serves some of us.
Final Thoughts
Wrongful convictions destroy lives, and the fight for justice doesn’t end with exoneration.
But we can change the system. We can demand better. We can be the reason someone gets the help they need.
🚨 Donate. Speak up. Get involved. Because justice delayed is more trauma inflicted.
