Samuel R. Gross

Who is Samuel R. Gross?

Samuel R. Gross is an American lawyer and professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Gross is best known for his work in false convictions and exonerations, notably the Larry Griffin death penalty case.

He graduated from Columbia College in 1968 and earned a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973.

Gross is the editor of the National Registry of Exonerations project.

Samuel Gross lead a team of experts in the law and in statistics that estimated the likely number unjust convictions of prisoners on death row. The study determined that at least 4% of people on death row were and are innocent. The research was peer reviewed and the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published it, Gross has no doubt some innocent people have been executed.