Notable new DPIC analysis of exonerations for those sentenced to death

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) has this notable new analysis of death row exonerations. Here is how the report, which is titled “New Analysis: Innocent Death-Sentenced Prisoners Wait Longer than Ever for Exoneration,” gets started:

On July 1, after waiting 41 years for his name to be cleared, Larry Roberts became the 200th person exonerated from death row.  A new Death Penalty Information Center analysis finds that Mr. Roberts’ experience illustrates a troubling trend: for innocent death-sentenced prisoners, the length of time between wrongful conviction and exoneration is increasing.  In the past twenty years, the average length of time before exoneration has roughly tripled, and 2024 has the highest-ever average wait before exoneration, at 38.7 years.  Our research suggests that two of the factors contributing to this phenomenon are procedural rules restricting prisoner appeals and resistance by state officials to credible claims of innocence.