Leading Causes of Wrongful Convictions: 27% involve False Confessions.

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This chart is incredibly revealing. The wrongfully convicted persons in these cases of exoneration were conclusively proven innocent, not just not guilty. In 72% of the cases, there was an eyewitnesses mis-identification.  Craziest: there was a false confession in 27%.