Stephanie Roberts Hartung

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Stephanie Roberts Hartung is a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and serves on the board of the New England Innocence Project. Her scholarship focuses on wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform.

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Darrell Jones embraces Rev. William Barry, who he calls "Dad," following his release on bail in 2017 after serving 32 years in prison. Tuesday, jurors found him not guilty in his retrial. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

After 32 Years In Prison, Darrell Jones' 'Not Guilty' Retrial Verdict Was Long Overdue

There have been 2,462 known exonerations in the United States, resulting in 21,645 years of wrongful incarceration, writes Stephanie Roberts Hartung.

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Jun 12, 2019