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Combat the pandemic of wrongful convictions.

The Innocence Project - In America, more than 260 people have been exonerated by using DNA evidence since 1989 and over half of them were Black. Last month, the Ohio chapter of the Innocence Project hosted the first international conference focusing on wrongful conviction at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati which brought people from across the globe to help combat this pandemic.  (Photo: Samson Styles)

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The Innocence Project - In America, more than 260 people have been exonerated by using DNA evidence since 1989 and over half of them were Black. Last month, the Ohio chapter of the Innocence Project hosted the first international conference focusing on wrongful conviction at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati which brought people from across the globe to help combat this pandemic.  (Photo: Samson Styles)

The Exonerated - Toshikazu Sugaya, left, and Robert McClendon at the unveiling of Hello Truth, a DNA analysis machine.Seventeen years after McClendon was sentenced to life in prison for allegedly raping his own daughter, he was freed after DNA testing proved his innocence and exonerated him of the crime. He was released from prison in August 2008.Sugaya is Japan’s first man to be exonerated by DNA evidence. He served more than 17 years in prison for the murder of a four-year-old girl before his innocence was proven. (Photo: Samson Styles)

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The Exonerated - Toshikazu Sugaya, left, and Robert McClendon at the unveiling of Hello Truth, a DNA analysis machine.Seventeen years after McClendon was sentenced to life in prison for allegedly raping his own daughter, he was freed after DNA testing proved his innocence and exonerated him of the crime. He was released from prison in August 2008.Sugaya is Japan’s first man to be exonerated by DNA evidence. He served more than 17 years in prison for the murder of a four-year-old girl before his innocence was proven. (Photo: Samson Styles)

DNA Analyzer - This is the machine that was used to free Robert McClendon after 18 years. He was given a life sentence after being convicted for a rape that occurred in Columbus, Ohio.(Photo: Samson Styles)

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DNA Analyzer - This is the machine that was used to free Robert McClendon after 18 years. He was given a life sentence after being convicted for a rape that occurred in Columbus, Ohio.(Photo: Samson Styles)

"Hello Truth" - "Hello Truth" is a poem written by McClendon while he was waiting for his DNA test results.(Photo: Samson Styles)

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"Hello Truth" - "Hello Truth" is a poem written by McClendon while he was waiting for his DNA test results.(Photo: Samson Styles)

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Maurice Patterson - Maurice Patterson was freed after serving seven years in Illinois prisons for a murder that DNA testing later proved he didn’t commit. (Photo: Samson Styles)

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Maurice Patterson - Maurice Patterson was freed after serving seven years in Illinois prisons for a murder that DNA testing later proved he didn’t commit. (Photo: Samson Styles)

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The DNA Center - The DNA Diagnostics Center is the facility that conducts free DNA testing for people in prison trying to prove their innocence. The center also does the DNA testing for The Maury Show.(Photo: Samson Styles)

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The DNA Center - The DNA Diagnostics Center is the facility that conducts free DNA testing for people in prison trying to prove their innocence. The center also does the DNA testing for The Maury Show.(Photo: Samson Styles)

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Reality vs. a Dream - A drawing by a woman who served 11 years in prison for killing her boyfriend before being exonerated. In the image you see a picture of a jail cell (her reality) and a prairie (her dream).(Photo: Samson Styles)

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Reality vs. a Dream - A drawing by a woman who served 11 years in prison for killing her boyfriend before being exonerated. In the image you see a picture of a jail cell (her reality) and a prairie (her dream).(Photo: Samson Styles)

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