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February 9, 2010 : 250 EXONERATED

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The 250th DNA Exoneration

Innocence Project client Freddie Peacock was cleared on February 4, more than three decades after he was convicted of a crime he didn't commit, making him the 250th person exonerated through DNA testing in the United States. (Left: Peacock after the February 4 hearing with his sister, Edith Leonard)

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The Innocence Project works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted through postconviction DNA testing; and develop and implement reforms to prevent wrongful convictions.