- National Registry of Exonerations: Black Americans account for 47% of the 1,900 prison exonerations (since 2016) despite being only 13% of US population.
- While only 15% of murders by blacks involve white victims, 31% of black murder exonerees were convicted of killing whites.
- Blacks account for half of all sexual assault exonerations due to eyewitness misidentification.
- Law enforcement misconduct and racism play major role in false convictions.
Study: black people are 7 times more likely than white people to be wrongly convicted of murder
(03/07/2017)