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In eyewitness identification, in criminal law, evidence is received from a witness "who has actually seen an event and can so testify in court". [1]The Innocence Project states that "Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide, playing a role in more than 75% of convictions overturned through DNA testing."
A child may be the main or only witness for a crime committed; and as a result, it is common to find a child in the middle of a criminal case serving as an eyewitness. Cases may last for years, potentially causing children to be involved in the interviewing process for prolonged periods of time.
For all exonerations listed in the original 873 cases identified, the most common were perjury or false accusation (51%), mistaken witness identification (43%), official misconduct (i.e., by police, prosecutors, or judges), false or misleading forensic evidence (24%) and false confession (16%).
It is evident that misidentification is not uncommon with police lineups. In a study published by the Association for Psychological Science, scientists discovered that in a group of 349 people that had been exonerated with DNA evidence, 258 of these people (roughly 3 out of every 4) were involved in mistaken eyewitness identification. [24]
Eyewitness identifications have contributed to over 70 percent of wrongful convictions overturned by DNA evidence in the U.S. But some reforms to eyewitness lineup procedures and more awareness of ...
Researchers know better ways to get accurate information from child witnesses. FatCamera/E+ via Getty ImagesEyewitness memory has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, as organizations ...
The Innocence Project was established in the wake of a study by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Senate, in conjunction with Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, which claimed that incorrect identification by eyewitnesses was a factor in over 70% of wrongful convictions.
Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification (2014) - free download of book by the National Academy of Sciences summarizing research and recommending best practices; Evidence-based justice: Corrupted memory, Nature, 14 Aug 2013 "Supreme Judicial Court Study Group on Eyewitness Evidence Report and Recommendations" (PDF). 2013-07-25