wrongful convictions

A professor educating future attorneys claims wrongful convictions are quite minimal in our justice system. Viewing the likelihood of wrongful convictions as freakishly low, Paul Cassel, a Professor at the University of Utah’s Law School, has compiled data supporting his wrongful conviction figures. His research placed the range of wrongful convictions in the entire American criminal justice system “at only at 0.016 to 0.063 percent”— or less than one percent. The rate of wrongful convictions has long been a topic of scholarly dispute. … [Read more...] about Utah professor claims wrongful convictions are minimal in our society