A new study by the National Registry of Exonerations shows that Black Americans are seven times more likely than white Americans to be falsely convicted of serious crimes.
October 11, 2022
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting, Mississippi Today October 11, 2022 Eddie Lee Howard Jr. and Sherwood Brown each spent 26 years on Mississippi’s death row for murders they did not commit — only to walk free last year. They are far from alone. They are two of 23 Black Mississippians who have been exonerated in recent decades. Four other exonerees were white.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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