sweetheart deals, loopholes and exonerations and also judges that help to put their finger, if not their foot, on the scales of justice to in the defense, what we saw for kyle rittenhouse, a judge that absolutely used every ounce of his judicial power to essentially protect, i think, what americans saw as potentially someone who he thought of as his grandson, as well as the all-white jury. it is more likely that an all-white or home genius jury seeing a white, young man feels akin to that young man, feels a sense of respect for him or at least wants to give him the benefit of the doubt. that benefit of the doubt is never offered to african-american people. and i would further suggest that all we need to do is look at a situation like louisiana, where we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.
convictions. reporter: legal infer state, deception used as a common police tactic for deck. we know once deception is employed innocent people feel absolutely cornered and are going to confess. reporter: innocence project reports one in people cleared through dna evidence had given a false confession. state senator robert peters introduced the bill. should it be considered landmark legislation to say you can t lie to kids in interrogations? it is a landmark piece of legislation. it s also sad and upsetting, because we shouldn t have been in this place in the first place. reporter: illinois led the nation in criminal exonerations for the past three years, according to the national registry of exonerations. 91 out of 101 false confessions in the state of illinois were extracted from men of color. so i think in many ways this was the time to talk about this issue, to bring it to the forefront and to really center
founder of the idaho innocence project. honestly, i ve worked on 13 exonerations now. for the ones in georgia, they found the actual perpetrators. so to those four guys, i m the guilty project. so now the coincidence you could not make up. the very weak carroll left a message to doctor hampikian asking for help, what the idaho innocence project will take on a new case, the case of the man who killed angie. the doctor called her back. her words to me were, i ll never forget, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. and it still brings the hair up on the back of my neck. did it surprise? you the knowledge surprised me. she turned all of that love and devotion for her daughter into a very careful record of this case.
one, two! one, two, three! only pay for what you need! with customized car insurance from liberty mutual! nothing rhymes with liberty mutual. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. developing this morning, u.s. attorney general merrick garland ordering suspension of all federal executions to allow for a justice department review of the death penalty policy n. a memo issued to senior officials he said there are serious concerns about those of color and exonerations in death penalty case.
think, though, it just feels that way give wherein we came from. and now you re just a few feet away from a carousel. thank you to all of you, enjoy the holiday weekend. attorney general merrick garland just made a huge announcement. the doj is halting federal excuses. it is while they conduct a review of policies and protocols. he points to serious concerns that popped up from race to exonerations. he notes that the department of justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system is not only afforded the rights of the constitution of the laws of the united states but is also treated fairly and humanely.