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Another case demonstrating mistaken identity is the case of Ronald Cotton. In July 1984, a man broke into Jennifer Thompson's home in Burlington, North Carolina and raped her. During the attack, she studied the attacker's face, determined to identify him if she survived the attack.
Thompson went to the police station later that same day to work up a [composite sketch] of her attacker, relying on what she believed was her detailed memory. Several days later, the police constructed a photographic lineup, and she selected Ronald Junior Cotton from the lineup. She later testified against him at trial.
After Thompson-Cannino mistakenly identified Cotton as her rapist, Cotton was convicted of rape in 1985. A decade later, DNA evidence exonerated him. After his exoneration, Cotton and Thompson-Cannino became friends, and travel the country to talk about wrongful convictions and justice reform.
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Jennifer Thompson may refer to: Jennifer Thompson (athlete), New Zealand discus thrower; Jennifer Laura Thompson (born 1969), American stage actress; Jenny Thompson (born 1973), American swimmer; Jennifer Thompson, a critic of the reliability of eyewitness testimony following the exoneration of Ronald Cotton from her rape accusation
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Ronald Cotton with Jennifer Thompson-Cannino at PopTech 2010. After Thompson-Cannino mistakenly identified Cotton as her rapist, Cotton was convicted of rape in 1985. A decade later, DNA evidence exonerated him.