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Innocence debate spans the U.S.
By The New York Times
Published: 03/25/2008

UNITED STATES - A couple of years ago, Justice Antonin Scalia, concurring in a Supreme Court death penalty decision, took stock of the American criminal justice system and pronounced himself satisfied.

The rate at which innocent people are convicted of felonies is, he said, less than three-hundredths of 1 percent — .027 percent, to be exact. Read more.

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