Nationally, 28% of all exonerations involve mistaken eyewitness identification. Social science research demonstrates that human memory is highly imperfect and fragile. When people experience a ...

30 years of strong social science research has proven that eyewitness identification is often unreliable. Research shows that the human mind is not like a tape recorder; we neither record events ...

Mistaken eyewitness identifications have been a contributing factor in approximately 70% of wrongful convictions in the U.S. overturned by post-conviction DNA evidence. When we look more ...

The bill would establish standardized eyewitness identification procedures within law enforcement departments across Indiana.

A third of those cases reportedly relied on faulty eyewitness identifications. “You just kind of have to step back and let that number sink in because I find that shocking,” said Professor ...

Since 1989, Indiana has seen at least 47 people wrongfully incarcerated, a third of which officials estimate is due to mistaken eyewitness identification, according to the National Registry of ...

Koblentz also noted that a majority of wrongful convictions are the result of mistaken eyewitness identification. The hearing will resume this morning with the state calling its own expert witness.