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A Broken System, Part II: Updated Information
February 21, 2002 On this page on our website, the authors of A Broken
System, Part II: Why There Is So Much Error in Capital Cases, and What Can Be
Done About It will periodically provide information that updates data
presented in the Report, along with a reference to the passage in the Report
that is affected by the new data. We very much appreciate hearing from readers
about new information relevant to data reported in A Broken System, Part II,
so that we can keep the Report as current and accurate as possible. Inquiries
may be sent to jliebman@law.columbia.edu. Table of Figures, page xxxiv, Figure 9: Replace title with
"Overall Error Rate and Percent of Death Sentences Carried Out, 1973 to
1995." Endnote 226, page 53: Endnote should read "R = -.69;
significance = .001." Appendix C, page C-4: In "Results on Retrial,"
replace "L = 222" with "L = 223" and "NG = 28"
with "NG = 27." Appendix C, page C-7: In the entry on the Knapp case,
replace the citation "(Pima Cnty Super. Ct. 1987)" with
"(Maricopa Cnty Super. Ct. 1987)." Appendix C, page C-37: In the entry on the Mazzan case, replace
"NG" with "L". Also replace "Results on Retrial: L=6;
NG = 2; RP = 1" with "Results on Retrial: L=7; NG = 1; RP = 1."
See Sean Whaley, Former Death Row Inmate Pleads Guilty at New Trial, Las Vegas
Rev.-J., Feb. 16, 2002.
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