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 ...

Across the United States, estimates suggest that thousands of innocent people are currently incarcerated. Research indicates ...

The Innocence Project lists six "contributing causes" for wrongful convictions: eyewitness misidentification; false confessions or admissions; government misconduct; inadequate defense ...

“I am an exoneree.” It was misidentification by an eyewitness that resulted in Benson’s conviction for a 1998 murder. ”We are all here to prevent injustice,” Benson told the Senate ...