After 15 years in prison, James Garner is free after a DA asked a judge to dismiss the convictions based on faulty court identifications ...

Solo practitioner Glenn Hardy discusses how jury instructions on cross-racial identification can extend beyond witnesses to the jurors themselves.

According to the suspect, the only eyewitness account to the alleged assassination attempt does not match his description.

Eyewitness misidentification Eyewitness misidentification contributes to an overwhelming majority of wrongful convictions, which are often overturned by DNA testing, according to the Innocence ...

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 Corrections and Criminal Law ...

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

These kinds of eyewitness errors are common in wrongful conviction cases. The Innocence Project says that eyewitness misidentification played a role in 69% of convictions overturned by DNA evidence.

These kinds of eyewitness errors are common in wrongful conviction cases. The Innocence Project says that eyewitness misidentification played a role in 69% of convictions overturned by DNA evidence.

The Innocence Project, a legal nonprofit that works to identify and free people who’ve been wrongfully convicted, reported eyewitness misidentification was involved in 69% of the more than 300 ...