Feb. 10 – Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Professor Timothy O’Neill authored article
The problem with faulty eyewitness identifications in criminal trials is well-established. Nationally, about 75 percent of convictions overturned due to DNA evidence have involved eyewitness identifications. In half of those cases, the eyewitness testimony was not corroborated by confessions, forensic evidence or informants. And 36 percent of these defendants were misidentified by more than one eyewitness. In fact it has been estimated that about 7,500 of every 1.5 million annual convictions in American may be based on identifications.
Read more: Perry Reaffirms Court’s Narrow Conception of Due Process Clause
