Individuals- particularly black men – who are exonerated after a wrongful conviction continue to pay a steep price after returning to society.
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2022
There were 161 exonerations in 2021, according to the latest tally from the National Registry of Exonerations. Misconduct by police, prosecutors, or other officials occurred in at least 102 of those cases.
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/NRE%20Annual%20Report%202021.pdf