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The US
incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. In 1972, there were 300,000
people in jails and prisons in the US. And today, there are 2.3 million. We have eight million people under the
control of the criminal justice system. For every ten people
we've executed in this country, we've now identified
one innocent person on death row. Attorney Bryan Stevenson has appealed the cases
of more than 100 death row inmates
incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. In 1972, there were 300,000
people in jails and prisons in the US. And today, there are 2.3 million. We have eight million people under the
control of the criminal justice system. For every ten people
we've executed in this country, we've now identified
one innocent person on death row. Attorney Bryan Stevenson has appealed the cases
of more than 100 death row inmates
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The US
incarcerates more of its citizens
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than any other nation in the world.
00:00:05.588 --> 00:00:10.801
In 1972, there were 300,000
people in jails and prisons in the US.
00:00:10.885 --> 00:00:12.637
And today, there are 2.3 million.
00:00:13.346 --> 00:00:16.557
We have eight million people under the
control of the criminal justice system.
00:00:16.641 --> 00:00:19.143
For every ten people
we've executed in this country,
00:00:19.226 --> 00:00:22.188
we've now identified
one innocent person on death row.
00:00:22.271 --> 00:00:24.106
Attorney Bryan Stevenson
00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:27.401
has appealed the cases
of more than 100 death row inmates.
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Focus on a series of interviews about people whose actions shape the world.
