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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."

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    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.

  4. National Registry of Exonerations - Wikipedia

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    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%).

  5. 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.

  6. Police lineup - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Neil v. Biggers - Wikipedia

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    The state's case rested "almost exclusively" on the show-up identification. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Biggers was found guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the sentence, which was affirmed 4-4 by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1968.