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Wrongful Convictions and Public Opinion Wrongful Convictions and Public Opinion
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Unpacking the Innocence Effect Unpacking the Innocence Effect
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Innocence Frames and Attitudes toward the Legal System Innocence Frames and Attitudes toward the Legal System
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Support for Capital Punishment Support for Capital Punishment
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Trust in the Justice System and Police Trust in the Justice System and Police
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What about Ideology? What about Ideology?
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4 How Wrongful Convictions Shape Public Opinion
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Published:September 2023
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Abstract
The chapter begins with the story of Kirk Bloodsworth, the first person in the United States to be exonerated through DNA testing after being sentenced to death. His case, like many others, received significant media attention, which begs the question, What effects do wrongful convictions have on public opinion? The authors present findings from three original surveys that show how information about wrongful convictions has the power to affect people’s attitudes toward the death penalty, the criminal justice system, and police. The analyses are grounded in political communication research and framing theory, and the authors show that both numeric information and narratives can affect public opinion but that they operate in different ways. Again, in line with the authors’ core arguments, they also explore differences in public responses to wrongful convictions on the basis of ideology.
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