The Sad Stats behind Wrongful Convictions

The Sad Stats Behind Wrongful Convictions

Since 1989, 300 Convictions have been overturned as a result of DNA evidence. Seventeen people wrongfully convicted were sent to death row

Yet wrongful conviction remains an issue across the country, often with devastating consequences.

DNA Testing

60% of people who have been exonerated using these methods have been financially compensated

The average person spent 13 years in prison before being released

Roughly 3,944 years have been served in prison by innocent people.

With 46 exonerations, Texas reversed the most false convictions after they were solved by DNA testing

Approximately 72% of wrongful convictions involve eyewitness misidentification

40% of all exonerations since 2000 were the direct result of DNA testing

Wrongful Convictions

During the past 33 years over 2,000 wrongfully convicted individuals have been exonerated

Of the 873 exonerations recorded by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center for Wrongful Convictions, 416 were homicide cases

Other cases involved:

203 sexual assault

102 child se abuse

58 non-violent crimes

47 robbery

47 other violent crime

51% of these cases involved perjury or false imprisonment

42% of them cited official misconduct as the reason for the falsehood.

In Illinois alone: $214 million tax dollars have been spent to imprison innocent peopleﾊﾗ_for combined total of 946 years

The United States Justice Department estimates that 8% to 12% of all prisoners on the state level are actually or factually innocent. The Sad Stats Behind WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS Since 1989, I 300 convictions have been overturned as a result of DNA evidence. Seventeen people wrongfully convicted were sent to death row. [1] YET WRONGFUL CONVICTION REMAINS AN ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OFTEN WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. DNA TESTING The average person spent 13 years in prison 60% of people before being released. [1) who have been exonerated I Roughly 3,944 years have been served in prison by innocent people. using these methods have been financially compensated. [1] With 46 exonerations, Texas reversed the most false convictions after they were solved by DNA testing. [1] 40% of all Approximately exonerations 72% of wrongful convictions since 2000 were the direct result of DNA testing. (2) involve eyewitness misidentification, [] WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS During the past 23 years, over 2,000 wrongfully convicted individuals have been exonerated. [2] Of the 873 exonerations recorded by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center for Wrongful Convictions, 416 were homicide cases. [3] Other cases involved: [3] 203 102 58 47 47 SEXUAL ASSAULT NON-VIOLENT CRIMES CHILD SEX ROBBERY OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES ABUSE 51% 42% of them cited of these cases involved perjury or false official misconduct as the imprisonment. [3] reason for the falsehood. [3] In Illinois alone, $214 million tax dollars have been spent to imprison innocent people..for a combined total of 946 years. [4] The United States Justice Department estimates that 8% to 12% of all prisoners on the state level are actually or factually innocent. [5] Ttotal criminal defense SOURCES: [1] http://www.innocenceproject.org [2] http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/21/report-breaks-down-wrongful- convictions.html [3] http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/exonerations_us_1989_2012_key_ figures.pdf [4] http://www.bettergov.org/investigations/wrongful_convictions_1.aspx [5] http://truthandjusticedenied.com/Wrongful_Conviction_Statist.html The Sad Stats Behind WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS Since 1989, I 300 convictions have been overturned as a result of DNA evidence. Seventeen people wrongfully convicted were sent to death row. [1] YET WRONGFUL CONVICTION REMAINS AN ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OFTEN WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. DNA TESTING The average person spent 13 years in prison 60% of people before being released. [1) who have been exonerated I Roughly 3,944 years have been served in prison by innocent people. using these methods have been financially compensated. [1] With 46 exonerations, Texas reversed the most false convictions after they were solved by DNA testing. [1] 40% of all Approximately exonerations 72% of wrongful convictions since 2000 were the direct result of DNA testing. (2) involve eyewitness misidentification, [] WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS During the past 23 years, over 2,000 wrongfully convicted individuals have been exonerated. [2] Of the 873 exonerations recorded by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center for Wrongful Convictions, 416 were homicide cases. [3] Other cases involved: [3] 203 102 58 47 47 SEXUAL ASSAULT NON-VIOLENT CRIMES CHILD SEX ROBBERY OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES ABUSE 51% 42% of them cited of these cases involved perjury or false official misconduct as the imprisonment. [3] reason for the falsehood. [3] In Illinois alone, $214 million tax dollars have been spent to imprison innocent people..for a combined total of 946 years. [4] The United States Justice Department estimates that 8% to 12% of all prisoners on the state level are actually or factually innocent. [5] Ttotal criminal defense SOURCES: [1] http://www.innocenceproject.org [2] http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/21/report-breaks-down-wrongful- convictions.html [3] http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/exonerations_us_1989_2012_key_ figures.pdf [4] http://www.bettergov.org/investigations/wrongful_convictions_1.aspx [5] http://truthandjusticedenied.com/Wrongful_Conviction_Statist.html