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Wrongful convictions could disportionately affect women

By Hicbd
Wed Apr 20 2022 10:11 am

"In a whopping 63 percent of the women’s cases, Daniel and Royal realized, it turned out that there was never a crime to begin with—the death was actually a suicide or an accident. That was true in only 21 percent of the men’s cases...Daniel and Royal have come to believe that, in many cases in which women were freed because no crime had been committed, sexist stereotypes had been used to conjure up a motive."

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/08/wrongfully-convicted-women-exonerations-innocence-project/
https://innocenceproject.org/women-wrongful-conviction-incarceration-facts-iwd2020/
https://innocenceproject.org/who-is-melissa-lucio-death-penalty-texas-execution-innocent/

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Criminal Justice Systems Women / Girl Issues U.S. Criminal Justice System Wrongful Convictions

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