even if the criminal is not present. in spite of all problems judges and juries are often convinced by eyewitnessen. 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 eyewitness testified against him at trial the man was found quilty and spent 11 years in prison before DND evidence finally cleared him.
in recent years DNA evidence has cleared more than 125 people. buy how many other innocent people are behind bars today because people believed their own eyes?