Should you trust eyewitness identification?

Posted At : July 8, 2010 9:08 PM | Posted By : Admin
Related Categories: Criminal Defense, eyewitness identification, DNA

Take a look at this article on a recent heinous crime where eyewitnesses gave vastly different descriptions of a single perpetrator. It's natural to want to believe a victim when they say they know who attacked them, but we need to be careful. According to the Innocence Project, the convictions in many of the DNA -based exonerations to date were based in large part on eyewitness identification. Thorough investigation and resolution to the backlog in DNA testing can help avoid these wrongful convictions. If you have questions about criminal defense investigations, contact us for more information.

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