At least eyewitnesses usually choose the
right person in police lineups, but they almost always pick someone even if the criminal is not present.
In spite of all the problems, juries and juries are often convinced by eyewitnesses.In one case in Virginia,police could not prove that the defendant was even in the same city when the crime was committed,but a very
confident eyewitnesses testified against him at trial.The man was found guilty and spent 11 years in prison before DNA evidence finally cleared him
In recent years,DNA evidence has cleared more than 125 people. But how man other innocent people are behind bars today because people believed their
own eyes?