It's nothing to do with single convictions and everything to do with systematic procedural problems that result in absolutely and disproportionately huge numbers of black men to be convicted, especially wrongfully. Those numbers in the previous post refer to black men whose exonerations have come as a result of the innocence movement. The problem is bigger than that: http://truthandjusticedenied.com/Wrongful_Conviction_Statist.html

You lack the cultural perspective (or statistical knowedge) necessary to participate in a discussion concerning racial factors in wrongful conviction.

You are a gamer; we waste our lives for free =p.

Cultural perspective? In what way?

Anyway, the number of people of wrongfully convicted, be they black or any other race, is a small percentage (just like your link tells). Even if 10% of convicted  black people are innocent, it is idiotic to shout "racism" everytime a black man goes to jail, because you'll be wrong at least 90% of the time.

And besides, I'm pretty sure that a huge chunk of innocent people incarcerated is blamed on other, more reasonable factors, like the defense attorneys' inefficiency. I'm not saying that there isn't racism, but you people are blowing it out of proportion.

Maybe there is that much racism is the US, I don't know since I'm portuguese, and the portuguese speaking nations are probably the least racists in the world. Maybe that's why that we don't yell racism everytime an actor or comedian puts blackface on TV(or ever), and the word mulatto stopped having a pejorative sense a long time ago, or that we can actually make caricatures of men of any race without being labelled as racist. Who knows.

Not worth it. You miss out on so much of life. 

I bet he'll wish he stayed in prison after coming out to see the world now lol

Honestly speaking I am little crazy. If I was falsely accused of something I didn't do and served as much as him and in the rare chance receive little to nothing back (don't know if he received anything yet), I most likely would be heading right back into jail because I would make sure some people pay the price, but I am not this person, and I bet he will receive a decent amount in the end. 

Way to bring race into an issue that has nothing to do with race.

Anyways its good to see an innocent man freed. He'll for sure sue the state and make it big. 

Unfortunately a lot people do get executed in Texas. Given how pathetic public defenders were in the state for decades....you know what that means. I know the executed a guy for arson/murder that ended up being innocent. The chief witness against him ended up being the culprit.

no amount of money is worth spending that kinda time in jail. wow that sucks.