Causes of Wrongful Convictions.
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| Eyewitness Misidentification (Description) | The biggest cause of wrongful convictions; often happens because of fear, the crime scene being too dark, or being too far away
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| Eyewitness Misidentification (Solution) | Double Blind Line Up Administration (where the officer administering the line up & the witness don't know who the suspect is)
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| Improper Forensic Science (Description) | Using techniques such as hair analysis & bite mark analysis when we don't know enough information/statistics about them (how unique they are, how reliable they are, etc).
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| Improper Forensic Science (Solution) | Setting new standards for quality forensic science, doing more research on unreliable techniques to improve them.
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| False Confessions (Description) | People might do this because they misunderstand, there is a threat of a harsher sentence, police coercion, intoxication. People who are young or have mental disabilities are most susceptible.
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| False Confessions (Solution) | Recording police interrogations and allowing the judge to decide the reliability of the confession.
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| Government Misconduct (Description) | When the police and/or prosecutor fail to turn over evidence to the defense, allow untruthful witnesses to testify, use fraudulent forensic experts, etc.
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| Government Misconduct (Solution) | Severe consequences for those who knowingly convict the innocent, improved discovery laws.
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| Inadequate Defense (Description) | When the defense lawyer falls asleep on the job, fails to show up for hearings, fails to consult with experts, fails to investigate alibis, or are disbarred shortly after.
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| Inadequate Defense (Solution) | More money and access to resources for public defenders.
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| Incentivized Witnesses (Description) | When someone gets a deal in exchange for their testimony, EX) a shorter sentence.
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| Incentivized Witnesses (Solution) | Make sure deals aren't hidden, make sure the jury knows about the deals and that these witnesses are not always reliable.
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