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Black people are 7.5 times more likely to be wrongly convicted of murder than white people and eight times more likely to be wrongly convicted of rape, according to the report.
National Registry of Exonerations says Black Americans are seven times more likely than whites to be falsely convicted of serious crimes.
Black Americans are seven times more likely to be victims of police misconduct in high-ranking crimes, such as murder, sexual assault and drug crimes, says the National Registry of Exonerations.
Black people are 7.5 times more likely to be wrongly convicted of murder than white people and eight times more likely to be wrongly convicted of rape, according to the report.
Black people in the U.S. are seven times more likely to be falsely convicted of a serious crime like murder than white people, according to a new report published Tuesday by the National Registry of Exonerations.