Wrongful Convictions

1. Practicar las herramientas

2. Causes

2.1. false accusations

2.2. “junk science”

2.2.1. Hair microscopy

2.2.2. Bite mark comparisons

2.2.3. Firearm tool mark analysis

2.2.4. Shoe print comparisons

3. Official Indifference

3.1. Rules and policies about preserving evidence and providing access to testing that could prove an incarcerated person’s innocence

3.2. Police, prosecutors, and judges are not held accountable for misconduct that leads to wrongful convictions

4. Thousands of people have been wrongly convicted across the country in a system defined by official indifference to innocence and error

4.1. 2,500+ Exonerations since 1989 in the National Registry of Exonerations

4.2. 367 People exonerated through DNA evidence since 1989.1

4.3. 9 Each exonerated person spent on average more than 8 years 10 months in prison for crimes they did not commit.2

4.4. 1.5% Only 1.5% of prosecutor’s offices in the U.S. have conviction integrity units.

5. A lack of accountability for police and prosecutors