DATA COLLECTED FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU
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GENERAL STATISTICS

– “U.S. has only 5 percent of the world’s population, it has nearly 25 percent of the world’s prisoners.”
– “2.2 million people in prisons and jails in this country”
– Total number of prisoners held under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities on December 31, 2015 = 1,526,800
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EXONERATE DATA

– 2016 : 166 exonerated
– 2015 : 149 exonerated
– 2014 : 139 exonerated
– 9 years : average time exonerate spends in jail
– 2,120 exonerates since 1989
– 18,454 years of lost
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CONSTRIBUTING FACTORS

– 56% false accusation
– 51% official misconduct
– 29% mistaken witness ID
– 21% false forensic evidence
– 12% false confession
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COMPENSATION OF EXONERATES

no formal data found.

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