The National Registry of Exonerations 2021

Date:  04-13-2022 The 2021 exonerations included one hundred and three exonerations of Violent Felonies, including 77 homicides, and nine sexual assaults

From The National Exoneration Registry: The 2021 exonerations included: One hundred and three exonerations of Violent Felonies, including 77 homicides, and nine sexual assaults. Three exonerees sentenced to Death. Thirty exonerees sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole. Twenty-one exonerations of Drug Crimes. Nineteen exonerations based in whole or in part on DNA testing. Sixty-four exonerations of convictions in which No Crime actually occurred. One hundred and two exonerations that involved Misconduct by Government Officials Forty-eight exonerations of convictions based on Guilty Pleas. Forty-seven exonerations that involved Mistaken Witness Identifications. Nineteen exonerations that involved False Confessions. One hundred and seven exonerations that involved Perjury or False Accusation. Thirty-three cases involving False or Misleading Forensic Evidence. Fifty-one cases involving trial defense attorneys providing an Inadequate Legal Defense for their clients. Ninety-seven exonerations that were the result of work by prosecutorial Conviction Integrity. Read the full report here.