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The Hidden 4.1% Death Row Error

At the bedrock of American liberty is a sacred promise: defending innocent citizens from irreversible state overreach and protecting the guarantee of due process.

Yet groundbreaking research published in the *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* established a conservative baseline estimate that at least 4.1% of all defendants sentenced to death in the United States are factually innocent.

Tragically, when individuals are resentenced to life imprisonment, legal resources shift away and exoneration rates drop sharply, leaving innocent Americans behind bars indefinitely.