The Conversation U.S.<p>From 1976 to 2015, 80% of Louisiana death sentences were overturned, and 12 people were exonerated. A political scientist notes the state isn’t alone in facing wrongful convictions, and a system that doesn’t put justice first. <a href="https://buff.ly/oTK7PFl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/oTK7PFl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DeathRow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathRow</span></a> <br>Austin Sarat, Amherst College</p>