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Northwestern University’s Center for Wrongful Convictions says that what it calls the “Snitch System” accounts for “45.9% of convictions in U.S. capital cases” that result in exonerations.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

At the top of Morton's Solicitors' "10 Craziest Convictions", published earlier this year, is an unexpected case involving cheese – it lists a dairy farm that became an unlikely target in 2013.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

Convictions for civic corruption scandals in Los Angeles and Anaheim.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Convictions in either of those would mean further accountability sooner or later.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

Convictions and terrors had faded from his frivolous soul.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander