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More than 300 post-conviction DNA exonerations, involving innocent people serving sentences for crimes that they didn't commit. This was in the USA alone. Wrongfully convicted individuals serve an average of 13.6 years behind bars.
They are the usually victims of mistaken identification, invalid forensic evidence, inept defense counsel and overbearing law enforcement officers.
Here are just 10 stories of the convictions that have been reversed through DNA evidence.
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