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On the recordNovember 9, 2009
We would have thought that by now we would have seen a curtailing of the rate of post-conviction DNA exonerations.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy notes the unexpected increase in post-conviction DNA exonerations over time.

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