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Facts
- Mississippi currently ranks second in per capita incarceration — 690 per 100,000 state residents — trailing only Louisiana.
- Correct: Among Mississippi’s 25,000 inmates, over 2,000 are serving effective life sentences; 49 are awaiting execution.
- The Mississippi Innocence Project (MIP) is the only in-state organization exclusively handling post-conviction claims of innocence.
- Since it was established in August 2007, MIP has received either through direct application for aid or through referrals from other agencies, over 2000 potential cases.
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