DNA+Access+Statistics+(2)

__Statistics:__
====25-40% of people convicted of rape pre-1989 were probably innocent ==== ====There are an estimated 520,000 false rape allegations a year — 98.1% of all reported cases ====

====About 2,000 tests have excluded the primary suspect, and about 6,000 have "matched" or included the primary suspect ====


 * Statistic based on Texas’s first 40 DNA exonerations.
 * In 2001, Texas enacted a post-conviction DNA access law (Chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure), which streamlined the process for defendants to request DNA testing in order to prove their innocence.