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Government corruption and negligence drive most wrongful convictions, report finds
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/government-corruption-negligence-drive-most-wrongful-convictions-report-finds-n1240071Government corruption and negligence drive most wrongful convictions, report finds
“If Black lives matter, then how is this still going on?” one lawyer said.
Sept. 14, 2020, 3:40 PM EDT
By Jon Schuppe
In the hallway of a Chicago public housing complex in the summer of 2008, a young man came face to face with a police sergeant known for planting drugs on people.
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The study, published Tuesday, examined 2,400 cases from 1989 through February 2019 in which people were absolved of criminal convictions, and it found that 54 percent involved corruption or negligence by police, prosecutors, lab workers or other government employees.