The human cost
Wrongful conviction doesn't end with the person convicted.
It costs children a parent, families their income and stability, and communities someone who should have been there. Every national number below represents thousands of stories like the ones our clients are living right now.
The scale, nationally
- Exonerations recorded in the U.S. since 1989
- 3,600+
- Years collectively lost to wrongful imprisonment
- 27,000+
- People exonerated in 2024 alone, averaging 13.5 years lost each
- 147
Exonerations recorded in the U.S. since 1989
Years collectively lost to wrongful imprisonment
People exonerated in 2024 alone, averaging 13.5 years lost each
Xonorate's cases, by the numbers
Counted live from our own case files — not a national estimate.
- Clients represented
- 5
- State represented
- 1
- Views generated on social media
- 10 Million+
- Petition signatures collected
- 13,074
Clients represented
State represented
Views generated on social media
Petition signatures collected
Each number is a family
The people behind our cases, and what wrongful conviction cost the families and communities around them.
- Read Richard's story
Richard BargeRichard Barge was 21 years old and single at the time of his arrest, and he was working as a barber. He was the primary income earner and caregiver for his family, so his removal took away the support they depended on.
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