CONVICTING THE INNOCENT Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong - a new book examining the issue of innocent people being wrongly convicted

Written By: Reid
Jun 01, 2011
In this new book written by Brandon Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, explores the circumstances surrounding 250 wrongly convicted individuals exonerated by DNA. In 76% of the cases eyewitnesses wrongly identified the accused. Furthermore, " Garrett found invalid forensic testimony in 61% of the trials where an analyst testified for the prosecution, including overly confident claims of matching bite marks, shoe prints and hair samples." In 16% of the cases the accused had falsely confessed.
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