Study Logs 2,000 Wrongful Convictions

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•21 • May 21, 2012

A new database assembled by two universities has identified more than 2,000 wrongful convictions overturned in the last 23 years, at an average of 11 years each. What do you think?

“OK, but how come we never hear about the guys that didn’t commit crimes that we didn’t lock up?”
Jay Wilson –
Car Cooper
“I'm glad those who were wrongfully sent to prison will finally have their story told in some college's database nobody will ever look at.”
Audrey Leach –
Systems Analyst
“Before you go getting any romantic ideas in your head: I killed those people, and I'd do it again.”
Andy Borgenicht –
Convict

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