Black People More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Study Shows - See more at: http://www

[crazyladybutterfly]

Black people convicted of murder or sexual assault are significantly more likely than their white counterparts to be later found innocent of the crimes, according to a review of nearly 2,000 exonerations nationwide over almost three decades. -

Innocent blacks also had to wait disproportionately longer for their names to be cleared than innocent whites, the review, released last Tuesday by the National Registry of Exonerations, found. Blacks wrongfully convicted of murder, for example, spent an average of three more years in prison before being released than whites who were cleared.




http://www.occupy.com/article/black-....O1Q5rlMc.dpbs

[Dick]

Because they all look the same.

[Oneeye]

When it comes to murder, black defendants account for 40 percent of those convicted of the crime, but 50 percent of those wrongfully convicted, they found. - See more at: http://www.occupy.com/article/black-....3hL2u7LN.dpuf

Not shockingly different from conviction rate, but different.

[JohnSmith]

More injustice in that we see all the time.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

It probably has more to do with with a Black defendant being less likely than a White to be able to afford hiring a criminal defense attorney. Public Defenders are swamped with cases and so they don't have the time or resources to mount a proper defense.

[Dick]

More injustice in that we see all the time.

Take a hike, bub.

[JohnSmith]

Take a hike, bub.

The last I checked wrongly convicted is not a good thing.

[Dick]

The last I checked wrongly convicted is not a good thing.

Anyone ever tell you you look like Jack Lord?

[JohnSmith]

Anyone ever tell you you look like Jack Lord?

Not sure if anyone knows who that is, lol.

[Dick]

Not sure if anyone knows who that is, lol.

That's what I thought, because you don't.