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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Exonerations Report

    A new report released today found that 150 people convicted of crimes were exonerated in 2015. A third of these people were originally found guilty of murder. And in half of the cases, it was found later that no crime was committed. Several of these exonerations occurred in Harris County, Texas.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 3, 2016 • 1 min read

    A new report released today found that 150 people convicted of crimes were exonerated in 2015. A third of these people were originally found guilty of murder. And in half of the cases, it was found later that no crime was committed. Several of these exonerations occurred in Harris County, Texas. We find out how someone can even go to prison if no crime was committed in the first place. And how many false convictions are actually out there?

    The full episode

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    O.C. Jail Saga, Yahoo Collapse, and Hollywood Gentrification
    1. 0:29O.C. Jail Saga Continues
    2. 9:29Exonerations ReportYou’re reading this
    3. 19:50Yahoo's Downfall
    4. 27:47A Tale of Two Hollywoods
    5. 37:18The Los Angeles Development Fight
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Samuel Gross

      National Registry of Exonerations

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    O.C. Jail Saga, Yahoo Collapse, and Hollywood Gentrification
    1. 0:29O.C. Jail Saga Continues
    2. 9:29Exonerations ReportYou’re reading this
    3. 19:50Yahoo's Downfall
    4. 27:47A Tale of Two Hollywoods
    5. 37:18The Los Angeles Development Fight
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