Innocence Network Secured 21 Exonerations in 2011

A report released today by the Innocence Network reveals that 21 people across the country were exonerated by Innocence Network member organizations for crimes they didn’t commit in the past year. Two men served more than 3 decades behind bars before being exonerated. 

The report, “Innocence Network Exonerations 2011,” provides information about each of this year’s 21 exonerations in 13 states.  Misidentification was by far the leading cause of the wrongful convictions that were overturned, but this year also saw false confessions, faulty forensics and police and prosecutorial misconduct as contributing factors.

Read the

full report

, “Innocence Network Exonerations 2011.”