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some of the leading causes of wrongful
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the US justice system many of these
issues apply around the world number
five professional misconduct welcome to
the first day of the rest of your
suspension misconduct the criminal
justice system is a complex machine with
a lot of moving parts unfortunately the
people who make up the moving parts can
be all too fallible in their drive to
close a case police officers can be
susceptible to tunnel vision focusing on
a single suspect and pursuing only
evidence that fits their theory defense
attorneys can fail in their duties and
countless ways a legal counsel provided
free of charge and often overworked
might fail to explore all avenues in a
client’s defense and prosecutors can
pervert the truth in pursuit of a win
scientific experts medical and otherwise
have also been known to present
inaccurate testimony more on that a
little later
number four racial bias I did like
twenty four years I’ve been in prison
for 26 years
29 years for crime I didn’t commit
justice is supposed to be blind but
statistics paint a very different
picture according to a study conducted
by the National Registry of exonerations
a black person is seven times more
likely to be wrongfully convicted of
murder than a white person across
various types of crimes African
Americans represent 47 percent of
exonerations
despite the fact that they represent
under 13% of the total population black
people convicted of sexual assault are
three and a half times more likely to be
innocent and spend on average four and a
half years longer in jail before
exoneration systematically from start to
finish including when juries are
involved race is a major factor in
wrongful accusations number three false
confessions and accusations it’s hard to
imagine why an innocent person would
confess to a crime but watching footage
of police interrogations gives you some
idea an interrogation is a dance and
when the suspect gets tired they can be
manipulated into saying what they think
will help their situation especially
when the officers lie about leniency or
the investigation other times an
innocent defendant up against a strong
case might be coerced into pleading
guilty in order to ensure a lighter
sentence of course false accusations and
perjury also play a role in miscarriages
of justice this is especially
problematic when witnesses or accusers
have something to gain as in the case of
convicts or fellow defendants number two
bad science progress in the field of
forensics has fundamentally changed the
way we investigate crimes and in many
ways this has been for the better DNA
analysis has played a major role in
overturning hundreds of wrongful
convictions
unfortunately not all scientific
evidence presented in courts is created
equal but the forensic hair and bite
mark comparisons relied on for decades
are now widely regarded as junk science
oh the computer yellow rectangle and we
all know yellow rectangle is the highest
level of match a computer can give you
about teeth in the infamous case of
Adnan Syed the science behind cell phone
tower records was misrepresented to
convict the teen of murder
according to the Innocence Project which
seeks to exonerate wrongfully accused
convicts using DNA misuse of forensic
evidence has played a role in 45% of
convictions later exonerated
number one eyewitness misidentification
perhaps one of the greatest flaws in the
criminal justice system comes in the
form of evidence we’ve been relying on
the longest the testimony of other
people wrongful identification of a
suspect can derail an investigation
while it’s still in its infancy when the
witness in question is also a victim the
trauma of the moment can make
identification even more difficult
notoriously the wrongful conviction of
Steven Avery for attempted murder in
1985 resulted from a victim miss
identifying him in a live lineup
according to the Innocence Project
misidentification by witnesses plays a
role in more wrongful convictions than
any other contributing factor at a
staggering 70%
unfortunately memory often just isn’t
reliable this video is brought to you by
the innocent man check out the trailer here
innocent man
all episodes streaming now only on
Netflix you’re giving a statement of
your own free will to his harm for help
you telling us to stop not everyone
sentenced to do time did the crime
welcome to watchmojo.com fully convinced
we new content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re examining
some of the leading causes of wrongful
convictions that we’ll be focusing on
the US justice system many of these
issues apply around the world number
five professional misconduct welcome to
the first day of the rest of your
suspension misconduct the criminal
justice system is a complex machine with
a lot of moving parts unfortunately the
people who make up the moving parts can
be all too fallible in their drive to
close a case police officers can be
susceptible to tunnel vision focusing on
a single suspect and pursuing only
evidence that fits their theory defense
attorneys can fail in their duties and
countless ways a legal counsel provided
free of charge and often overworked
might fail to explore all avenues in a
client’s defense and prosecutors can
pervert the truth in pursuit of a win
scientific experts medical and otherwise
have also been known to present
inaccurate testimony more on that a
little later
number four racial bias I did like
twenty four years I’ve been in prison
for 26 years
29 years for crime I didn’t commit
justice is supposed to be blind but
statistics paint a very different
picture according to a study conducted
by the National Registry of exonerations
a black person is seven times more
likely to be wrongfully convicted of
murder than a white person across
various types of crimes African
Americans represent 47 percent of
exonerations
despite the fact that they represent
under 13% of the total population black
people convicted of sexual assault are
three and a half times more likely to be
innocent and spend on average four and a
half years longer in jail before
exoneration systematically from start to
finish including when juries are
involved race is a major factor in
wrongful accusations number three false
confessions and accusations it’s hard to
imagine why an innocent person would
confess to a crime but watching footage
of police interrogations gives you some
idea an interrogation is a dance and
when the suspect gets tired they can be
manipulated into saying what they think
will help their situation especially
when the officers lie about leniency or
the investigation other times an
innocent defendant up against a strong
case might be coerced into pleading
guilty in order to ensure a lighter
sentence of course false accusations and
perjury also play a role in miscarriages
of justice this is especially
problematic when witnesses or accusers
have something to gain as in the case of
convicts or fellow defendants number two
bad science progress in the field of
forensics has fundamentally changed the
way we investigate crimes and in many
ways this has been for the better DNA
analysis has played a major role in
overturning hundreds of wrongful
convictions
unfortunately not all scientific
evidence presented in courts is created
equal but the forensic hair and bite
mark comparisons relied on for decades
are now widely regarded as junk science
oh the computer yellow rectangle and we
all know yellow rectangle is the highest
level of match a computer can give you
about teeth in the infamous case of
Adnan Syed the science behind cell phone
tower records was misrepresented to
convict the teen of murder
according to the Innocence Project which
seeks to exonerate wrongfully accused
convicts using DNA misuse of forensic
evidence has played a role in 45% of
convictions later exonerated
number one eyewitness misidentification
perhaps one of the greatest flaws in the
criminal justice system comes in the
form of evidence we’ve been relying on
the longest the testimony of other
people wrongful identification of a
suspect can derail an investigation
while it’s still in its infancy when the
witness in question is also a victim the
trauma of the moment can make
identification even more difficult
notoriously the wrongful conviction of
Steven Avery for attempted murder in
1985 resulted from a victim miss
identifying him in a live lineup
according to the Innocence Project
misidentification by witnesses plays a
role in more wrongful convictions than
any other contributing factor at a
staggering 70%
unfortunately memory often just isn’t
reliable this video is brought to you by
the innocent man check out the trailer here
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