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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for 2025-04-12 ( 1 items )  
Black Americans Nearly Eight Times More Likely To Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 12 -- The Equal Justice Initiative issued the following news: * * * Black Americans Nearly Eight Times More Likely To Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder Wrongful conviction and imprisonment is a "serious public health issue," according to a new report from the Center for Health Journalism at USC--especially for innocent Black Americans, who are about seven-and-a-half times more likely to be convicted of murder than innocent white people. Based on its database--which more PR