Essence Magazine:
Caspar Benson/Getty Images By Melissa Noel· Updated September 29, 2022
Black Americans are seven times more likely than white Americans to be wrongly convicted of serious crimes and spend more time in prison before being exonerated, according to a new report by the National Registry of Exonerations. The in-depth report published on September 27 sheds light on the prevalence of racism in the criminal justice system.
“Race is central to every
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