MSU professor's report reveals nearly 150 exonerations in 2024

In 2024, 147 people were exonerated in the U.S. after losing an average of 13.5 years of their lives to wrongful imprisonment for crimes they did not commit.

Race continues to play a major role in this injustice — 78% of the exonerees were people of color and 60% of all exonerees those were Black.

In total, the exonerated people lost 1,980 years of life to prison and the states that made the errors are liable for more than $4.6 billion in damages.

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