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Paying for a crime they didn’t do: 4 percent sentenced to death are likely innocent

By Guest PostMay 9, 2014Politicsdaniel inman, death sentences, douglas altshuler, gabriele lucius hoene, krankheitserfahrungen teilen, prisoners, united states, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR — Slightly more than 4 percent of people given death sentences in the United States are innocent, according to new peer-reviewed research led by a University of Michigan expert.

The finding shows that the number of innocent people sentenced to death is more than twice the number of inmates exonerated and freed by legal action, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

Study of Death Penalty in North Carolina Shows That ‘Race Matters’

By Guest PostJuly 26, 20101 commentGeneral, Politicsboston, death sentences, fbi, glenn pierce, law review, michael radelet, north Carolina, northeastern university, professor, race matters, racial justice act, school of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, supplemental homicide reports, university of colorado at boulder, us supreme court

A new study examining death sentences in North Carolina over a 28-year period ending in 2007 shows that among similar homicides, the odds of a death sentence for those who are suspected of killing whites are approximately three times higher than the odds of a death sentence for those suspected of killing blacks.

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