There have been at least 3,287 exonerations recorded by the National Registry of Exonerations since 1989.
“Innocent Black Americans are seven times more likely than white Americans to be falsely convicted of serious crimes,” the registry said in a 2022 report.
“That's why it takes 10, 15, 30 years to undo those convictions because we have to wait for that evidence to become available to change how we're seeing a conviction,” she said. The CRU found that there is "no evidence" connecting Holmes to the robbery besides a flawed identification of him and the vehicle involved in the robbery.
according to Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner's motion to vacate his conviction. Johnson was sentenced to life in prison.and erroneously convicted, citing Johnson’s alibi and a lack of physical evidence connecting Johnson to the murder.MORE: He was exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X but his fight for justice is not over“Today the courts righted a wrong – vacating the sentence of Mr. Lamar Johnson following his wrongful conviction in 1995,” said Gardner in a Feb.
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