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The Wrongful Conviction Epidemic
– The Data We Can’t Ignore

The system is broken. The time for action is now.

🔹 Over 3,500 people have been exonerated in the U.S. since 1989
🔹 The average exoneree spends 14 years in prison
🔹 Black individuals are 7x more likely to be wrongfully convicted than whites
🔹 Illinois, Texas, and New York have the highest number of wrongful convictions
🔹 Official misconduct contributes to over 60% of wrongful convictions

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What Can You Do to Help Stop Wrongful Convictions?

“I Thought This Would Never Happen to Me.” Most people assume wrongful convictions only happen to “other people”—the poor, the uneducated, the unlucky. But wrongful convictions can happen to anyone.

How False Confessions Destroy Lives

“I Confessed to a Crime I Didn’t Commit. I Had No Choice.” To most people, the idea of falsely confessing to a crime seems unbelievable. Why would anyone admit to

Women on Death Row – The Forgotten Exonerees

“I Was Sentenced to Die for a Crime I Didn’t Commit.” Wrongful convictions don’t just destroy men’s lives. Women, too, are sentenced to death for crimes they never committed. But
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