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2021 Was Record Year for Exonerations of African Americans
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January 5, 2022
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11:35Now Playing2021 was a record year for exonerations of those wrongfully convicted, especially among Black people.
Last year, 132 people were exonerated and 81 of them were Black as “Making the Case” has covered many of those cases.
Even though there’s no denying these exonerations should be applauded and celebrated, there’s no getting around the root causes of why these Black men and so many others were wrongfully convicted in the first place.
Noah McGee, staff writer for The Root who covered this issue in his latest article, joins Yodit Tewolde on “Making the Case” to discuss.
All this and more on “Making the Case.”
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