including 20 who served time on death row and 30 who pled guilty. These innocents served an average of 13.5 years in prison before exoneration and release. No one benefits from a wrongful conviction—except the real perpetrator, who remains free to commit additional crimes. In half of the exoneration cases, the process of settling the innocence claim led to the identification of the real perpetrator. Over 140 violent crimes could have been prevented had the real perpetrator been identified instead of the innocent. (3) Over the past 30 years, a large body of peer-reviewed, scientific research and practice has emerged showing that simple systemic changes can protect the innocent and the public by increasing the accuracy of the evidence used to support a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt. These reforms are— (A) improving the accuracy of eyewitness identification