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In 2022, Exonerations Hit a Record High in the U.S.

Globally, potential innocence has long outweighed potential guilt. That philosophy of justice may not be one that the majority of Americans endorse.

Closing Argument • 05.20.2023

In an Apparent First, Genetic Genealogy Aids a Wrongful Conviction Case

An Idaho man falsely confessed to a 1996 rape and murder.

News • 07.16.2019

The Accusation

Katie’s father went to prison for raping her and her brothers. It was an unthinkable crime that broke her family apart. So why couldn’t she remember it?

Feature • 05.22.2017

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