Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the University of Michigan Law School that was co-founded in 2012 with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law to provide detailed information about known exonerations in the United States since 1989. There are presently 1,584 cases listed on the registry. An additional 1,170 other cases were identified but are not included in the count because these were "group exonerations" made after 13 major police misconduct scandals came to light.Launched on May 21, 2012, with 891 exonerations listed, the National Registry has grown quickly, reaching 1,000 exonerations on October 26, 2012, with around five new cases being added each week. About two-thirds of those additions were past exonerations previously not listed, rather than new exonerations made.The editor of the registry is Michigan Law professor Samuel R. Gross, who with Michael Shaffer wrote the report Exonerations in the United States, 1989-2012. According to Gross, "these cases merely point to a much larger number of tragedies that we do not know about." The registry and report includes cases of defendants convicted of crimes that never occurred, cases involving false confessions, and cases involving innocent defendants who pleaded guilty. The new report reveals many more exonerations than previously found.The National Registry of Exonerations is the largest and most detailed compilation of exoneration data ever made."@en }
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- National_Registry_of_Exonerations abstract "The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the University of Michigan Law School that was co-founded in 2012 with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law to provide detailed information about known exonerations in the United States since 1989. There are presently 1,584 cases listed on the registry. An additional 1,170 other cases were identified but are not included in the count because these were "group exonerations" made after 13 major police misconduct scandals came to light.Launched on May 21, 2012, with 891 exonerations listed, the National Registry has grown quickly, reaching 1,000 exonerations on October 26, 2012, with around five new cases being added each week. About two-thirds of those additions were past exonerations previously not listed, rather than new exonerations made.The editor of the registry is Michigan Law professor Samuel R. Gross, who with Michael Shaffer wrote the report Exonerations in the United States, 1989-2012. According to Gross, "these cases merely point to a much larger number of tragedies that we do not know about." The registry and report includes cases of defendants convicted of crimes that never occurred, cases involving false confessions, and cases involving innocent defendants who pleaded guilty. The new report reveals many more exonerations than previously found.The National Registry of Exonerations is the largest and most detailed compilation of exoneration data ever made.".