Innocence

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    Why Teens Plea Guilty to Crimes They Didn’t Commit

    In 1978, 18-year-old Roy Watford confronted a fateful decision. No, it wasn’t which college to attend—it was whether to plead guilty, while believing himself innocent, to the charge of raping a 12-year-old girl. His grandfather didn’t want him to risk a jury sending him to prison for life, so he caved, plead guilty, and received […]
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    The Odds of Innocence

    How numbers can tip the scales of justice.