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Black people more likely to be wrongfully convicted

Hundreds of black men and women are convicted, exonerated for crimes they didn't commit

Marvin Anderson , at 18 years old, he was wrongfully convicted of rape, sodomy, abduction and robbery.

It toke police 15 years to let him out after dna tasting.

He was convicted for 210 years.

Black people represent 13% of the US population

They represent 47% of the 1,900 exonerations in the registry.

52% of murder victims in 2014 were black and 46% were white, and 53% of offenders were black compared to 45% who were white