The Florida Commission on Capital Cases issued a study last year that listed 23 inmates on death row in Florida who were wrongfully convicted. One more died while on death row who likely was innocent. And one was released shortly after the study was finished. That makes for 25 wrongfully convicted persons on Florida's Death Row, according to authorities.

Four of the cases reflect men who authorities later believed were innocent. Smith died in 2000 before DNA evidence could exonerate him of the 1985 sexual assault and death of an 8-year-old Miami girl. Freddie Lee and Wilbur Pitts were pardoned by Gov. Reuben Askew in 1975. Gov. Bob Martinez pardoned James Richardson in 1989 after Janet Reno, then a special prosecutor, determined evidence was suppressed, witnesses lied and another suspect wasn't investigated.

The remaining 20 cases were sent back to trial courts, seven because of evidence issues, seven because of witness issues and six for issues involving court officials, according to the study.

In those cases, eight were dropped or dismissed for a variety of reasons: witness recanted; prosecutors did not want to subject witnesses to further trials; witness had died; evidence was lost or missing. Ten inmates were either acquitted at retrial or by the courts. Two pleaded guilty to lesser charges.

This companion article lists the 25 inmate with a short paragraph on why each was released.

How many more are unjustly on Death Row? It's time for a moratorium --we hope one of the leading Democratic candidates will call for it. Here's a chart showing where each stands on the issue. Of them, John Kerry has the most progressive position.

Kerry: Opposes capital punishment, except for terrorists. Believes that the system is flawed so long as innocents are in danger of being executed.

Considering the candidates widely considered to be least likely to win:

Kucinich: Opposes death penalty because it's morally wrong and racially biased.
Sharpton: Opposes the death penalty.

And then there's Bush:

"I was the governor of a state that had a death penalty and, as far as I was concerned, I reviewed every case and I was confident that every person that had been put to death received full rights and was guilty of the crime charged." (Bush press conference, May 11, 2001)