WHY DO INNOCENT

PEOPLE PLEAD GUILTY

TO CRIMES THEY DIDN’T COMMIT?

95%

of felony convictions in the U.S. are obtained through guilty pleas

18%

of known exonerees pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit

65%

of 418 exonerees who pleaded guilty were people of color

83%

of DNA exoneration plea cases resulted in identification of the alternate perpetrator

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ANGELA GARCIA

18 YEARS AND COUNTING

RAYMOND TEMPEST

24 YEARS SERVED

Clay Chabot

24 YEARS SERVED

Leroy Harris

29 YEARS SERVED

Christopher Ochoa

13 YEARS SERVED

Brian Banks

5 YEARS SERVED

Ada Joann Taylor

19 YEARS SERVED

Rodney Roberts

18 YEARS SERVED

Innocent people are pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit. It happens to countless people each year, and there's no telling how many are behind bars as a result.

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The Innocence Project is a national litigation/public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing, and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

The Innocence Network is a group of independent organizations that exonerate and support the innocent, and redress the causes of wrongful conviction.