February 4, 2012   :   289 EXONERATED
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After Exoneration

After serving decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit, many exonerees receive no help at all from the government. Although 27 states have laws compensating the exonerated after release, many laws fall short. Michael Williams, left, was given a $10 check the day he was freed in Louisiana.

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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.