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The recent explosion in wrongful conviction cases has been all over the news, and for good reason. The idea of an innocent person spending a decade of their life behind bars while the true suspect roams free is far from appealing, and thankfully since the advent of DNA evidence, it is harder for such people to end up behind bars.

DNA testing alone has led to over 300 individuals being found completely innocent of crimes they were previously convicted of.

Last year, a Brooklyn man was released after 22 years of imprisonment, among accusations of wrongful imprisonment. Since his release, there has been an appeal challenging the ruling.

There is some good news for the New Yorkers out there who have been wrongfully convicted, as well as their loved ones.

The New York legal system has been the subject of quite a bit of recent media attention related to false confessions and even false imprisonment.

It seems as if there have been a whole slew of wrongful conviction cases being reported in the news these days, and New York seems to have more than its fair share.

In 2006, Jeffrey Deskovic was released from prison, where he had been wrongfully imprisoned for the past 16 years.

Evidence has recently come to light in New York that could prove the innocence of a man who has been in jail for the past 21 and a half years.

Good news for citizens of most of the major metropolises across America: The violent crime rate (including rape, assault, robbery, and murder) for 2013 has gone down across the US as a whole, as well as within large metropolises themselves.

It is a well-known fact that holidays are a popular time for drunk driving and DWI arrests.