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Death Penalty Reversals Tied to Prosecutor Misconduct in at Least 5% of Cases

by Jo Ellen Nott

On July 5, 2022, the Death Penalty Information Center reported that 5.6% of all death penalty sentences in the last 50 years were reversed because of prosecutor misconduct. That percentage represents 550 innocent people who were saved from state sanctioned murder.

The Center’s executive director Robert ...

 

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