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December 8, 2009 : 245 EXONERATED
DNA and the Death Penalty
Seventeen people who were exonerated through DNA testing have spent a combined 187 years on death row for crimes they didn’t commit. Some came within days of their scheduled execution. Read more about their cases and the Innocence Project’s position on capital punishment. (Clockwise from top left: Death row exonerees Curtis McCarty, Ryan Matthews, Rolando Cruz and Earl Washington)
