In the last 30 years, over 2,500 people in the U.S. have been wrongly convicted of a crime and later cleared of all charges based on new evidence of innocence. Below is a breakdown of the racial and ethnic demographics of exonerated persons since 1989, in comparison to the population of incarcerated persons and general U.S. population. For an interactive experience, scroll the color key when viewing from a computer and tap the color key when viewing from a mobile device.