NC INNOCENCE INQUIRY COMMISSION CASE STATISTICS
Compiled in January, 2012
The Commission began operation in 2007
| Total Number of Claims Received since Commission's Creation † | 1102 |
| Number of General Information Requests Received Since Creation * | 164 |
| Total Number of Cases Closed since Commission's Creation † | 953 |
| Number of Claims Received in 2011 | 266 |
| Number of Cases Currently in Investigation | 19 |
| Number of Cases Currently in Formal Inquiry | 6 |
| Number of Cases sent through Hearing since Commission's Creation | 4 |
| Exonerations †† | 3 |
* General Information Requests are not considered innocence claims, but do require the opening of a case file and a response on the behalf of the Commission.
† Figure does not include General Information Requests.
†† Three Claimants have been exonerated through two Commission Proceedings.
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Convictions Resulting from Trial or Guilty Plea
• Data Pulled from the 683 cases in which information was available.
• Alford and No Contest pleas are included in plea category.
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Applicant's Convictions
• Some applicants were convicted of multiple offenses.
• Data pulled from 743 cases in which information was available.
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Applicant's Innocence Claims
• Some Applicants made multiple innocence claims.
• Data pulled from 665 cases in which information was available.
It is important to note that several of these categories do not fit the statutory requirement for actual innocence and result in an automatic rejection. A claim that a convicted person is guilty of a lesser offense, acted in self defense, or acted with a diminished capacity is not a claim of actual innocence and will be rejected.
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Reasons for Rejection
• Some cases were rejected for multiple reasons.
• Data pulled from all 953 rejected cases.
