"Convicting the Innocent": Data and Materials

This library collection contains data and materials concerning the trials of the first 250 people exonerated by post-conviction DNA testing in the United States. This research collection was compiled in conjunction with a book by Brandon Garrett, "Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong (2011), reporting the results of a study of these materials. The research pages contain data, research appendices and resources arranged by subject:

Confessions
Eyewitness Misidentifications
Forensics
Jailhouse Informants
Defense Case at Trial
Judging Innocence Post-Conviction
Exoneration

Videos Related to This Research (Innocence Project Website)