Our society depends on a fair and accurate criminal justice system to determine the truth when crimes are committed. Yet too often, the system gets it wrong. Every day seems to bring a new story about someone in America who was wrongly convicted of a serious crime while the real perpetrator remained free. More than 200 people have been exonerated by DNA evidence alone and over 120 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. These are the results of a broken system in dire need of reform.

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