Studies have identified prosecutorial misconduct as one of the causes of wrongful convictions, especially prosecutorial failures to comply with their due process Brady obligations to disclose exculpatory material to the defense. Brandon L. Garrett, Convicting the Innocent, p.168 (Harv. Univ. Press 2011). 11 of the 25, or 44% of the following wrongful convictions involved official misconduct and they all involved people of color. Again, The National Registry of Exoneration defines "official misconduct" as, "Police, prosecutors, or other government officials significantly abused their authority or the judicial process in a manner that contributed to the exoneree's conviction." 

1.  Martinez, Angelo
2.  Guce, Teobaldo
3.  Mason, Terrence
4.  McCord, Todd
5.  Andre, Eddie
6.  Turner, Clinton
7.  Baba-Ali, Amine
8.  Harris, Gerald
9.  Su, Shih-Wei
10.Charles, Lambert
11.Burt, Lazaro
12.Vamvakas, Evangelo
13.Bellamy, Kareem
14.Long, Lee
15.Stewart, Arthur
16.Cardenas, Carlos
17.Figueroa, Fancy
18.Ramchair, Racky
19.Cardenas, Napoleon
20.Dudley, Ronald
21.Palmer, Lamar
22.Bronson, Melinda
23.Negron, Julio
24.Benitez, Ricardo
25.Redd, Derrick