A new study digs into the reasons people are wrongly convicted, and it has found that 54% of those defendants are victimized by official misconduct, with police involved in 34% of cases, prosecutors in 30%, and some cases involving both police and prosecutors.

Federal law proscribes theft and bribery relating to federally funded programs under 18 U.S.C. § 666. The language of § 666 appears clear enough on its face, but this clarity quickly dissolves when one attempts to define what types of actions the statute actually prohibits.

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Our criminal justice system is less than perfect, a non-controversial fact which is one of the reasons we oppose the use of an absolute and irreversible punishment like execution.

October 2, 2023, marks the Tenth Annual Wrongful Conviction Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about the pervasive issue of wrongful convictions and its profound impact on innocent individuals and their families.

OPINION: If the federal government wants to deliver on the promises of criminal justice reform, then it must create conviction integrity units that acknowledge the reality of wrongful convictions and honor their ethical duty to seek justice.