"There was a big change in eyewitness procedures after 2005, and it was a big change for the worse," said Brandon Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia and an expert on wrongful ...

No eyewitness testified as to the defendant’s characteristics other than race, height, and weight. The defendant himself had been removed from the courtroom due to disciplinary issues, so the ...

The suspect in an alleged September assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump has asked a judge to suppress eyewitness testimony. In a new court filing, Ryan Routh and ...

Ryan Routh , the suspect in the second alleged assassination attempt against President Trump, has asked a judge to suppress statements from the eyewitness who identified him to police.

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 ...

A wrongful conviction can upend a person’s life, and some states have a worse record than others. Explore our guide to wrongful conviction rates by state.

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.

According to LCPO, the CIU will review old cases for factors such as overlooked evidence, eyewitness misidentification, junk science, false convictions, ineffective assistance of counsel and ...

Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of wrongful convictions, with 70% of wrongful convictions happening due to witnesses picking out the wrong perpetrator.