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How many innocent Americans are sitting in jail?

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Local district attorneys get re-elected for putting people in jail.

Now, some prosecutors are part of a movement to get some inmates out. An Ohio man who spent

39 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit is just one of 125 released last year a record

number of wrongful convictions. The Brooklyn DA now runs a conviction review unit, part of a new wave

for exonerations. It's not just new evidence or witnesses

changing their stories. It's also the pressure on innocent people to plead guilty. Today's

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A record 125 prisoners were released last year in Texas, New York, and other states after serving

long terms for crimes they did not commit.

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