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Syria conflict: UN suspends peace talks in Geneva - BBC News | The Pentagon’s Top Threat? Russia - The New York Times Editorial | Report: Record Number of Exonerations in US in 2015 | In a first, judge grants retrial solely on FBI hair ‘match’ - The Washington Post | Shadowy Companies, Big Bucks: Election Mystery Money Returns - ABC News | Kurdish Independence, Islamic State: Kurdish Leader Demands Non-Binding Referendum On Independence From Iraq | The Ayatollah’s Drug Dealers - WSJ | DNA traces found of U.S. Marines killed in helicopter crash off Hawaii - Reuters | Putin's Out-of-Control Creature in Chechnya | Obama sits in back seat of Russia’s “shock and awe” drive in Syria

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In this week's magazine | Putin's Wars   Latest News Syria conflict: UN suspends peace talks in Geneva - BBC News Syria Peace Talks Put on Hold, U.N. Envoy Says - WSJ Syria Peace Talks Put on Hold, U.N. Envoy Says - Google Search Syria Peace Talks - Google Search NATO report: Russian aerial exercise in Sweden a 'simulated nuclear attack' - Business Insider Russian military officer killed in Syria - The Washington Post In this week's magazine | Putin's Wars US blames Russia as Syria talks suspended | TheHill Nato cannot stop Russian tanks in the Baltics, wargames predict - Telegraph Articles: Russian Influence Grows In Latin America Russia Begins to Seal Trademark in the Latin America Region : US News : Latin Post Criminal Godfathers and Dirty Birds Антон Быков: Политический триллер «Путин» - ПОЛИТ.РУ The Latest: Officials say Brazil sharing few Zika samples - The Washington Post Committee Chairman Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) qu

A record number of people convicted of crimes were exonerated last year - WP

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A record number of people convicted of crimes were exonerated last year Wednesday February 3 rd , 2016  at  3:43 PM 1 Share The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new  stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set! There were 149 people exonerated in the United States last year after being wrongly convicted of crimes, a tally that included dozens convicted of murder and an uptick in people who had pleaded guilty or falsely confessed, according to a new report. More than a third of the people exonerated were convicted of murder, says  a report  released Wednesday by the National Registry of Exonerations, a project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Northwestern University School of Law. A copy of this report was reviewed by The Post before public