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Podcast: Turning A Moment Into A Movement
Episode: TURNING A MOMENT INTO A MOVEMENT... BAIL REFORM PART 2 & THE GUILTY PLEA PROBLEM
Description: The conversation continues on the Bail Reform.....The Kelief Browder story.... and Taylor Pennington from the Free Billy Movement will be joining us to discuss The Guilty Plea Problem.
WHY DO INNOCENT PEOPLE PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMES THEY DIDN’T COMMIT?
According to the Innocence Project....
-95%...of felony convictions in the U.S. are obtained through guilty pleas
-18%...of known exonerees pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit
-65%...of 418 exonerees who pleaded guilty were people of color
-83%...of DNA exoneration plea cases resu...