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  2. Eyewitness identification - Wikipedia

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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."

  3. Mistaken identity - Wikipedia

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    Mistaken identity is a defense in criminal law which claims the actual innocence of the criminal defendant, and attempts to undermine evidence of guilt by asserting that any eyewitness to the crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant, when in fact the person seen by the witness was someone else.

  4. Eyewitness memory - Wikipedia

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    It has long been speculated that mistaken eyewitness identification plays a major role in the wrongful conviction of innocent individuals. A growing body of research now supports this speculation, indicating that mistaken eyewitness identification is responsible for more convictions of the innocent than all other factors combined.

  5. Spotlight on police reform raises questions about lineups and ...

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    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 ...

  6. Hearing in Minnesota will determine if man imprisoned for ...

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    She wrote in a report that mistaken eyewitness identification was faulted for nearly 80% of wrongful convictions in the first 200 cases overturned by DNA evidence.

  7. Anthony Miller was exonerated after 6 years in prison. Now ...

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    According to the Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal organization committed to exonerating individuals who have been wrongly convicted, mistaken eyewitness identifications contributed to ...

  8. Innocence Project - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Adolf Beck case - Wikipedia

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    The Adolf Beck case was a notorious incident of wrongful conviction by mistaken identity, brought about by unreliable methods of identification, erroneous eyewitness testimony, and a rush to convict the accused. [1] As one of the best known causes célèbres of its time, the case led to the creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal in ...