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Lessons Not Learned: New York Leads in the Number of Wrongful Convictions but Lags in Reforms That Can Prevent Them.This report details the wrongful convictions in New York that have been overturned through DNA evidence. It provides background on each case – and the unimaginable toll each wrongful conviction had on ordinary New Yorkers and their families, the disservice these cases brought to victims of crime who were let down by a flawed system, and the tragic consequences these wrongful convictions had on communities from Buffalo to the Bronx. This report examines the causes of wrongful convictions in New York and nationwide – and explains how the system can be fixed with sensible, straightforward reforms by the executive, legislative and judicial branches in New York State. (palabras claves: condenas erróneas, exoneración, inocencia, identificación ocular, reconocimiento de imputados, ADN) |
