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Eyewitness Testimony Reliability in Post-Conviction Relief

Quick fact

Eyewitness misidentification is the single largest contributing factor to wrongful convictions later overturned by DNA evidence, accounting for about 70% of these exonerations.

Why this is interesting

Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit, solely because a stranger was certain they saw your face. How can a legal system that demands certainty be undone by that very certainty?