A new registry compiled by University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law reveals that since 1989 2000 people have been exonerated for crimes they did not commit, but for which they were sentenced.
The Huffington Post writes that the researchers are also aware of over 1,000 other cases where exonerations were received due to corrupt police procedures that including planting evidence. These exonerations were not included in the registry.
The University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern University School of Law researchers claim that there are almost one million felony convictions each year in America, and that the number of exonerations added to the National Registry of Exonerations will grow as research unearths more.
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