The False Conviction Epidemic
By More than 2,000 people have been exonerated of crimes they were convicted of since 1989. It’s worth noting that this is only a count of official exonerations, resulting from dismissed charges or a finding in a court of law. So for example cases such as Carlos DeLuna and Cameron Todd Willingham, where Texas was able to get someone executed before their innocence could be established by a court of law, don’t count. This number is terrible enough, but the real number is higher and probably much higher.