According to a report from the National Registry of Exonerations, more prisoners were found to have wrongly convicted in 2013 than ever before, with 87 inmates being exonerated across the country, including four in Georgia. Over the last 25 years, according to the report, 1,304 prisoners have been exonerated.
Texas had the highest number of exonerations in 2013, with 13; Illinois came in second with nine.
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