The Propriety Of Prosecutorial Bluffing

By Mark Mermelstein and Stephanie Albrecht (November 28, 2017, 1:26 PM EST) -- This year, the Innocence Project celebrated its 25th anniversary. With this milestone, Time magazine observed the increasing trend of exonerations of the falsely accused: "For the third year in a row the number of exonerations in the United States has hit a record high. A total of 166 wrongly convicted people whose convictions date as far back as 1964 were declared innocent in 2016. On average, there are now over three exonerations per week — more than double the rate in 2011." With this staggering number of false convictions, one must ask: Why are there so many falsely accused in the first place?...

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