Study: Blacks more likely to be wrongfully convicted

WASHINGTON — All Marvin Anderson ever wanted to be was a firefighter. Instead, at 18 years old, he was wrongfully convicted of rape, sodomy, abduction and robbery. When a Virginia judge sentenced him to 210 years in prison, “my whole body went numb,” Anderson told CNN. “I knew I was going to prison for something I didn’t do.” It took 15 years behind bars and five years on parole before Anderson was exonerated for his crimes — the result of […]