Entries tagged with “Christina Swarns”

Facts & Research

United States Supreme Court

Aug 05, 2021

Presidential Commission Hears Recommendations for Reforms to Supreme Court’s Death-Penalty Practices

Legal reform advocates and a committee of high-profile Supreme Court practitioners have urged the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States to recommend changes in the way the Court handles emergency applic…

Policy Issues

Innocence

Race

Sep 30, 2022

Report: Black People 7.5 Times More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder than Whites, Risk Even Greater if Victim was White

Black people are about 7½ times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of murder in the U.S. than are whites, and about 80% more likely to be innocent than others convicted of murder, according to a new report by the National Registry of E…