Daedalus, Vol. 147, No. 4, Science & The Legal System (Fall 2018), pp. 90-98 (9 pages) Inaccurate eyewitness testimony is a leading cause of wrongful convictions. As early as 1967, the U.S. Supreme ...

Eyewitness misidentification is one of the most common factors in cases of wrongful conviction. Nationally, 28% of all exonerations involve mistaken eyewitness identification. Social science research ...

They hit and killed Kayla Montaño in what investigators described as a case of mistaken identity. Sedillo and the other suspects were teenagers at the time of the shooting. Under a plea deal ...

When police roll up on a crime scene, the first people they seek out are eyewitnesses to explain what, and who, they saw. But ...

In case after case, DNA has proven what scientists already know—that eyewitness identification is frequently inaccurate. In about 30% of DNA exoneration cases, innocent defendants made incriminating ...

He appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court ... a majority of wrongful convictions are the result of mistaken eyewitness identification. The hearing will resume this morning with ...

It's a case of mistaken identity in his view. Govender said that the single eyewitness not being able to identify suspects fleeing the crime was an extraordinary factor. He further added that he ...