Juan Rivera was wrongfully convicted of the murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker when he was 20 years old. Despite obviously being in a compromised mental state and having no physical connection to the crime, police spent 4 days intensely. interrogating him until he finally told them what they wanted to hear. Based on this coerced confession, Juan was convicted three times. Each conviction was later overturned based on many inconsistencies and incidence of misconduct.

Wrongful convictions are pervasive in the United States. Many interrogation and investigative techniques lead to this. Wrongful convictions can come from coerced confessions, false eye witness testimony, evidence tampering, outdated forensic techniques, and police misconduct among other things. Well over 2000 prisoners have been exonerated since 1989. New DNA technology is helping to clear the names of innocent people but the work does not stop there.

There are many innocence projects across the US and Canada so be sure to check out the organizations in your communities fighting for justice for the wrongfully convicted!

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