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DNA testing led to Mr. Morton's exoneration in 2011.

Hamilton after his exoneration, in 2015, with his wife, daughter, and brother.

It wasn't until the first DNA exoneration, in 1989, that most states began to seriously consider compensation.

The Innocence Project of Texas said Mr. Cole's case was the first posthumous DNA exoneration in state history.

Mr. Lloyd served 17 years before his exoneration in 2002 after DNA tests on the semen found with the victim.

Their efforts led to the exoneration in 1999 of Anthony Porter, who came within a whisker of being executed.

North Carolina alone saw three exonerations in six months in 2008.

Nearly 90% of the drug exonerations in 2015 were in Harris County, Texas, the third-largest county in the United States.

"Numerous exonerations, in capital and noncapital cases, have been achieved through the use of DNA," Ms. Levin said.

Misconduct by investigators, attorneys and officials was a factor in 75% of the murder exonerations and more than 40% of all exonerations in 2015.

In the last legislative session, in the wake of dozens of exonerations in recent years based on advances in forensic science, Texas lawmakers approved Senate Bill 344.