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Human Rights, Life Issues

New national Registry of Exonerations forces all to see an uncomfortable truth in the judicial system

May 21, 2012, 4:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — Since January 1989, 891 men and women have been exonerated from prison. What does that mean? It means that these men and women are the lucky ones. They were the ones who professed their innocence from the…

Human Rights, Life Issues

New website chronicles 1989 wrongful execution of TX Latino because of mistaken identity

May 15, 2012, 3:35 PM 0

LatinaLista — Critics of the death penalty have ample ammunition to prove their case when using Texas as an example. The state has become almost as widely known for its exonerations as its executions. One case that is drawing…