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Yet, little empirical research has examined wrongful convictions and exonerations in such cases. In this study, we analyzed the largest sample of child sexual abuse exonerations to date (\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 326), drawing on cases documented by the National Registry of Exonerations between 1989 and 2024. Descriptive results revealed several patterns unique to child sexual abuse exonerations. Unlike other types of crimes, perjury or false accusation was the most frequent contributor to wrongful convictions, while mistaken eyewitness identifications and false confessions were rare. Physical and forensic evidence were presented at many of the original trials, yet in most cases this evidence was later determined to be false or misleading. Post\u2010conviction witness recantation was the most common factor contributing to exoneration, whereas few exonerations were based on DNA evidence or actual perpetrator identification. 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