If a terrible mix-up happened tomorrow and you were wrongly convicted, could your life be on the line?
There have been 273 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States.
For a fully interactive version of this map, visit The Guardian. Originally submitted by Jayne C.




We encourage users to engage in a respectful discussion of this post, below. Comments are not necessarily representative of MoveOn.org’s views or beliefs, nor are commenters necessarily MoveOn members. This is a community-moderated forum: If you see something offensive, please flag it. If a comment receives enough flags, it will be removed.