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Black-and-white? When eyewitness confidence counts and when it doesn't – Psychonomic Society Featured Content
![Innocence Network on Twitter: "Eyewitness misidentification has played a role in over 28% of wrongful convictions that ultimately led to exoneration. https://t.co/qDrvbD94QA" / Twitter Innocence Network on Twitter: "Eyewitness misidentification has played a role in over 28% of wrongful convictions that ultimately led to exoneration. https://t.co/qDrvbD94QA" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhertGVXsAAPSZd.jpg)
Innocence Network on Twitter: "Eyewitness misidentification has played a role in over 28% of wrongful convictions that ultimately led to exoneration. https://t.co/qDrvbD94QA" / Twitter
Jeffco Bessemer DA - Eyewitness misidentification is a consistent and outsized contributor to wrongful convictions. Nationally 69% of DNA exonerations, that's 252 out of 367 cases, have involved eyewitness misidentification. It is
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