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EXAMING THE EFFECT OF RACE ON WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION
Title
EXAMING THE EFFECT OF RACE ON WRONGFUL CONVICTION COMPENSATION.
Creator
Albrecht, Emily R., Dario, Lisa M., Florida Atlantic University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description
Wrongful convictions have occurred throughout the United States’, but it was not until the creation of the Innocence Project in 1992 that these cases were re-examined. Like other facets of the criminal justice system, racial disparities are present in exoneration research. Studies have found the rate of exoneration is slower for African Americans compared to other races and represent a disproportionate number of rape exonerations relative to their share of the population. Actual compensation...
Show moreWrongful convictions have occurred throughout the United States’, but it was not until the creation of the Innocence Project in 1992 that these cases were re-examined. Like other facets of the criminal justice system, racial disparities are present in exoneration research. Studies have found the rate of exoneration is slower for African Americans compared to other races and represent a disproportionate number of rape exonerations relative to their share of the population. Actual compensation is rarely included in analysis, because total compensation awarded has been a black box till now. This is the first study addressing these gaps, by calculating actual compensation for wrongfully convicted sexual assault exonerees and examine racial disparities between awarded compensation. Findings indicate African American exonerees receive significantly more, around $574,657, compared to white exonerees. Implications include evaluating interrogation techniques, updating DNA databases, testing forensic evidence, and calling for states and territories to have compensation statutes.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013910
Subject Headings
Wrongful convictions, Compensation for judicial error, Race
Format
Document (PDF)