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Old 01-23-2006, 08:16 PM   #4321
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Huh? 50% of Death row was freed, or 50% of those people fortunate enough for there to be evidence and who asked for the tests were freed? the people wanting DNA tests probably have a higher percentage of "actually innocent" than the general prison population.
I remember reading an article about this a while back, and they said that a surprisingly high percentage of the guys who make noise about and eventually get DNA tests have their guilt confirmed. Maybe they eventually come to believe their own protestations of innocence?

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