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4 Percent of Those Sentenced to Die are Innocent

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) โ€“Since 1973, more than 300 innocent defendants have been sentenced to death, largely because Blacks are overrepresented among murder convictions and among those who are wrongfully condemned to die, according to a recent report. โ€œThe size of the group of innocent people sent to death surprised me, […]

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