U.S. prisoner exonerations are at a record high

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The National Registry of Exonerations has announced that 125 U.S. prisoners were exonerated in 2014 for crimes they didn't commit. The number marks the highest level of exonerated prisoners since the U.S. began recording them in 1989.

2014 marked the first time the total number of U.S. exonerations was above 100 in a single year. In 2013, there were 91 exonerations of U.S. prisoners.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.