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Originally Posted by highthief
OK, I'll give you 2 sources. One you'll hate, because it does come from activists - but that does not change the fact situation. Here is a list of a bunch of people wrongly convicted, whose sentences were later over turned with new DNA evidence:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/case...ar_exoneration |
That's an acceptable link (to me). I'll accept anything that give the facts as evidence.
Unfortunately, it does nothing to answer the question of how many wrongly convicted are in prison.
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Originally Posted by highthief
The second, you can look up yourself, state by state, nation by nation - but every time someone has a case overturned on appeal, it's a wrongful conviction. There are varying degrees - some of these people are 100% innocent, some perhaps were not - but the conviction is overturned. Here are some British stats:
http://www.radstats.org.uk/no076/naughtont1.htm
I assume the Justice Department at state or federal levels has similar info. |
Making a claim and telling me to look it up when challenged does nothing to bolster your position.