Alpha Justice Project
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THE ALPHA JUSTICE PROJECT: There are 2,658 exonerations listed since 1989. Only 19 of the exonerees are women. Even though the number of crimes committed by women remains constant, the number of women in prison grows every year. In fact there is a 400% increase in the amount of women in prison. As of 2018 there were 219,000 women in prison. The 2020 estimate is 231,000, according to the Prison Policy Group www.prisonpolicy.org. Incarceration for women has grown twice the rate than that of men, says the ACLU Campaign for Smart JusticeSo, if the number of women and girls in prison is growing, why aren't their exoneration rates growing? 77% PERCENT OF WOMEN ARE CONVICTED OF CRIMES THAT DON'T INVOLVE DNAIn October 2003, Julie Baumer brought her 6-week old nephew to the hospital after she noticed he was lethargic, fussy and unwilling to eat. Baumer was caring for him because his mother was a drug addict. Baumer was charged and sentenced to 10-15 years for felony child abuse after a routine CT scan found the baby had a skull fracture. Prosecutors accused Baumer of shaking the baby. Her attorney never got a second medical opinion. Baumer was exonerated during her second trial when pediatric experts were brought in who testified the little boy had Sinus Thrombosis, a form of childhood stroke that was mistaken for Shaken Baby Syndrome. She was released after three years in prison. There was never a crime to begin with.In 2004, 21-year old Candace Anderson was in a serious car accident that killed her fiancé. Feeling responsible for the accident and wracked with grief over her fiancee's death, prosecutors convinced her to plead guilty to criminally negligent homicide. In 2007 evidence a defect in the engine caused the car to turn off without warning.During Anderson's trial General Motors had conducted an internal review of the accident and determined the car was at fault.
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