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psydoctor8:

inothernews:

Cornelius Dupree Jr., center, celebrated the overturn of his conviction in Dallas Tuesday. He served 30 years for rape and robbery before DNA evidence helped clear him. Mr. Dupree could have been paroled, but he refused to admit guilt, a necessary step. (Photo: Mike Fuentes / AP via the Wall St. Journal)

“Cornelius Dupree spent the prime of his life behind bars because of mistaken identification that probably would have been avoided if  the best practices now used in Dallas had been employed,” said Barry Scheck, Co-Director of the Innocence Project, which is affiliated with Cardozo School of Law. “Yet most counties in Texas do not have these best practices in place. This must be remedied in the next legislative session by the adoption of an eyewitness identification reform bill that had the votes needed for passage last session but not enough time to get enacted. Let us never forget that, as in the heartbreaking case of Cornelius Dupree, a staggering 75% of wrongful convictions of people later cleared by DNA evidence resulted from misidentifications.” via the Innocence Project. Bold mine.

There is enormous amounts of research surrounding the unreliability of eye witnesses.  Outrageous that with a stat that high, this is an issue.

I read about this dude a while ago, good to see.

(via channelzzero)