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