Thread: Study: 2000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years [W:119]

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(WASHINGTON) — More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities.

Read more: Study: 2,000 Convicted, Then Exonerated in 23 Years - TIME

Not really all that many considering the total number of convictions in those 23 years. Obviously one is one too many but in the real world, mistakes and corruption are always going to exist.

I guess you could wonder how many falsely convicted haven't been exonerated...

I don't have time to fully address this now and will try to come back to it later, but just from the title I feel the number is low.

It's great that we have a system where we can continue to review cases and overturn wrongful convictions. But the system is so huge and there are so many cases we can't get to them all.

Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years - Yahoo! News

More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities.

There is no official record-keeping system for exonerations of convicted criminals in the country, so academics set one up. The new national registry, or database, painstakingly assembled by theUniversity of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law, is the most complete list of exonerations ever compiled.

The database compiled and analyzed by the researchers contains information on 873 exonerations for which they have the most detailed evidence. The researchers are aware of nearly 1,200 other exonerations, for which they have less data.

Can we PLEASE stop pretending that our justice system is fool-poof, or even "good enough", and start seriously addressing the issue of innocent people being punished for crimes they did not commit. The article includes 101 people who sentenced to death as a result of wrongful convictions. How can we be okay with this? Yeah, it could be worse, but why are we willing to settle for anything less than the best we can possibly do? And this clearly isn't the best we can do.

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Originally Posted by Paschendale

Study: 2,000 convicted then exonerated in 23 years - Yahoo! News



Can we PLEASE stop pretending that our justice system is fool-poof, or even "good enough", and start seriously addressing the issue of innocent people being punished for crimes they did not commit. The article includes 101 people who sentenced to death as a result of wrongful convictions. How can we be okay with this? Yeah, it could be worse, but why are we willing to settle for anything less than the best we can possibly do? And this clearly isn't the best we can do.[/FONT][/COLOR]

No system is perfect. All you can hope for is the least imperfect system you can get. That means a constant pursuit at improving the system. And I do believe that people are constantly trying to make it better.

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Very small number compared to the number of guilty scum balls who have gotten away with crimes in that same period of time.

Originally Posted by RDS

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Sounds like we need to reform the CJS.

Step 1: Start using professional jurors