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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 …

 

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