https://www.innocenceproject.org/guilty-plea-problem-website-re-launch-today/
Oftentimes, instead of vacating a conviction on the basis of innocence, the prosecution offers the wrongfully convicted a deal—take a guilty plea or an Alford plea (which allows the defendant to maintain that they are innocent)—to have their sentences reduced and to go home. Pleas at the back-end continue to deny wrongly convicted people the justice they deserve and burdens them with criminal records and the severe collateral consequences that follow. This is yet another example of a failed system that values winning over justice and expediency over truth.
https://www.innocenceproject.org/valerie-jarrett-joins-board-of-directors-for-the-innocence-project/
https://www.innocenceproject.org/four-key-steps-the-obama-administration-took-to-protect-innocent-people/