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Justice Project: Faulty eyewitness IDs are leading false conviction cause

I attended a press conference at the capitol this a.m. where The Justice Project announced the release of:a new report on Texas wrongful convictions exposed by DNA evidence. Convicting the Innocent: Texas Justice Derailed presents the cases of thirty-nine innocent men who served over 500 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. The report also highlights key reforms Texas must implement to address the flawed evidence and systemic problems that led to these mistakes. » Read the full report online » Download a PDF of the reportThe report finds that "eyewitness misidentification is by far the leading factor in wrongful convictions in Texas." According to the press release: the cases of thirty-nine innocent Texans who collectively spent more than five hundred years in prison for crimes they did not commit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).