Sentences with phrase «exonerees spend»
Most exonerees spend years in prison only to return to society without any resources.
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On average, the exonerees spent 8.8 years in prison before being released.
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The exonerees combined spent 50 years behind bars.
Even after a conviction is overturned, exonerees still have to readjust to life outside of prison — to find employment and housing, deal with a criminal record that often doesn't go away even after being declared innocent, and try to get their lives back on track after so many years — not an easy task for those who in many cases have spent decades locked up.
The evening also featured an Advocate for Justice Award for Benjamin Cardozo School of Law professor Ekow Yankah; the firsthand exoneration story of Everton Wagstaffe, who spent almost 23 years in prison fighting his wrongful conviction; and a special performance by the Exoneree Band, a rock group consisting of five musically talented exonerated men who write and perform songs about injustice and their own wrongful convictions.