The Colored Lens of Criminal Injustice: Wrongful Conviction

Created with Highcharts 4.2.3 /Highstock 4.2.3Top 10 Counties with Populations over 300,000Exonerations per Capita, StandardizedWrongful ConvictionRateNew Orleans, LASuffolk, MA (Boston)Kern, CAJefferson, LADallas, TXCook, IL (Chicago)Clark, WADCWayne, MI (Detroit)Bronx, NYNation0102.557.512.515
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
Sources: law.umich.edu en.wikipedia.org