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“This analysis not only reinforces the large-scale issue of police misconduct, but it reveals the disproportionate rate of police misconduct victimization among African Americans… 200 of the 301 acts discovered (66%) victimized African American exonerees, outweighing other races near two-fold."

Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability in Reducing Wrongful Convictions Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability in Reducing Wrongful Convictions Table 3. Race and Police Misconduct Crosstabulation. Within the recognized acts of police misconduct, African American exonerees were mostly impacted by interrogation techniques (n = 64), which is 65 percent of the total acts of interrogation misconduct identified. Table 3. Race and Police Misconduct Crosstabulation. Within the recognized acts of police misconduct, African American exonerees were mostly impacted by interrogation techniques (n = 64), which is 65 percent of the total acts of interrogation misconduct identified.
Addressing Official Misconduct: Increasing Accountability in Reducing Wrongful Convictions
Wrongful Conviction Law Review
Drummond, Clayton B. / Mills, Mai Naito
Vol. 1 Issue 3, pp. 270–290, 2020
10.29173/wclawr34
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