Monday, October 1, 2007

Twelve angry men is not enough

Eyewitness identification of a stranger is often not strong evidence:

Nationwide, misidentification by witnesses led to wrongful convictions in 75 percent of the 207 instances in which prisoners have been exonerated over the last decade, according to the Innocence Project, a group in New York that investigates wrongful convictions.
Justice is still something at least some Americans value.

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