Exonerations; Jennifer Del Prete: The innocence Project of Florida takes a look at "the changing faces of exonerations" in the USA - and discovers that "Ultimately, DNA is useful in only 5-10% of all cases"; (She asks a good question: "So what can we do to help the other 90% of cases?" HL);"

POST "The changing faces of exonerations," by Hannah Beery, published by the Innocence Project  of Florida on  March 11, 2014.

GIST: "Across the country the “face of exonerations” are changing, and changing quickly. Last year in the United States there were 83 exonerations. Only 13 of these were based on DNA evidence. Ultimately, DNA is useful in only 5-10% of all cases, usually the ‘who dunnit’ type cases. Surprisingly, women make up the fastest growing population in prisons, and most cases involving female crimes are not DNA cases. So what can we do to help the other 90% of cases?".........
Recognizing the fact that not all wrongful conviction cases involve DNA, everyone in the criminal justice process must understand that wrongful convictions involve misidentifications, false confessions, and invalid forensic science, and be open to other avenues to prove actual innocence. While many states have taken this first step, there are also many who haven’t."

The entire post can be found at:

http://floridainnocence.org/content/?p=11017

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