Record Number of False Convictions Overturned in 2015

The New York Times: A record number of American prison inmates were found in 2015 to have been falsely convicted, according to a report released on Wednesday.

At least 149 defendants were cleared last year, 10 more than in 2014, according to a review by the National Registry of Exonerations, a project of the University of Michigan’s law school that tracks such cases and also aims to reform the criminal justice system.

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