Topic 4 :
'How many death sentences have been reversed since 1976?'
Since 1973, 85 death-row prisoners have been exonerated and freed across the nation. DNA
evidence played a substantial factor in establishing the innocence of eight freed prisoners.
More in detail at
abc news
The prisoners spent an average of 7.5 years on death row prior to being released.
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