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Barbara O’Brien on Race, Reform and Wrongful Conviction Rate Estimates- #30
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68 minutes
Released:
Jan 22, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Our guest, Barbara O’Brien, explains why we don’t know much about conviction error outside of murder cases, making error rates for the vast majority of crimes: misdemeanors, sexual assaults, armed robbery, etc. a “dark ocean”. She explains factors that contribute to wrongful convictions including mistaken cross-racial identification in sexual assault cases. Barbara also talks about the surprising frequency of “rain damage” to evidence rooms and why Texas leads the way in both executions and criminal justice reform. The two consider why having your death sentence commuted to life in prison means you are actually less likely to ever to be released.Resources
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Barbara O’Brien (Faculty Profile)
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