The Colored Lens of Criminal Injustice: Wrongful Conviction


by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 14, 2013 | Views: 229 | Score: 0
Wrongful Conviction Rate
New Orleans, LA13.374
Suffolk, MA (Boston)9.308
Kern, CA8.426
Jefferson, LA6.542
Dallas, TX5.377
Cook, IL (Chicago)5.311
Clark, WA4.158
DC4.115
Wayne, MI (Detroit)3.497
Bronx, NY2.831
Nation1
Top 10 Counties with Populations over 300,000
Exonerations per Capita, Standardized
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Anthony Sibley (AJ)
Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 14, 2013 11:26 PM said:

Among the 10 counties with the highest wrongful convictions (exonerations) per capita, eight have rates that exceed the national average by over 400%. Of theses counties, all but one have minority-majority populations with sizable African-American and Hispanic communities. Conversely, of large counties in which no one has been found to have been wrongfully convicted of a crime, all have White/Asian combined majorities of over 70%, and relatively tiny Hispanic and black populations. Most exonerations have been for sexual assault, with the wrongfully convicted being disproportionately black.