Cases of Innocence 1973 - Present
Posted: October 10, 2002
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For Inclusion on DPIC's Innocence List:
Defendants must have been convicted, sentenced to death and subsequently either-
a) their conviction was overturned AND
i) they were acquitted at re-trial or
ii) all charges were dropped
b) they were given an absolute pardon by the governor based on new evidence of innocence.
For a fuller description of the criteria used in this list and the reasons why these criteria were chosen, see Section V of DPIC's most recent Innocence Report.
View Each Exonerees' Case Description By Their Year of Release:
"Auf Deutsch" - For Exoneree Case Descriptions in German, please click here.
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