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This article gives an overview of wrongful convictions. It gives a history, current status and projected scope for the future.

Wrongful convictions are so unfortunate and probably grossly under-reported. It is a situation that definitely needs more light shed onto it.

Wrongful convictions are never a good thing. So many of them happen all of the time and we are unaware of it. It is definitely something that is preventable but not always completely preventable. There is still always a possibility for it to occur.

This article is about the growing number of wrongful convictions being overturned. This article talks about some things states are doing to help stop wrongful convictions.

This article tells what the convicted persons goes through. It goes through their life in prison and what happens to them after they get out and how their life is completely changed now.

I don't know if you have ever seen the documentary Making a Murdered on Netflix. That is a very interesting case of a wrongful conviction and outcome. There is the case of Adnan Syed from the podcast Serial that I'm interested to see if he was wrongfully convicted of his girlfriends murder. His case is being re opened.

Over the years many innocent men and women have been wrongful convicted of crimes they never committed. Each day many are proven innocent and finally able to see loves ones and walk as free men and women again.

My heart hurts for people who are wrongly incarcerated. After they are released it isn't enough to apologize or give them large amounts of money. There are no transitional programs to reintegrate them into society. It's usually up to local organizations to help people get back on their feet.

Wrongful incarceration is a really big deal in our country. Black men and women especially are being incarcerated at higher rates due to petty crimes or crimes they didn't even commit and I think that really needs to be fixed.

This website suggest reasons the people are wrongfully convicted of crimes. The site also has a list of cases of people they are researching the case files to prove their innocence. This site also has suggestions on reform for our justice system.

How many innocent Americans are behind bars? This article talks about a mans life after he was released. It talks about how it changed his life completely.

The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices. This site has a lot of information on cases they are working on. This site also has suggestions on how they are trying to reform the system to make it more efficient and just.