Tag Archives: system reform
Identification of the actual culprit jumps 40% when proper photo array procedures are followed
A news team in Pittsburgh decided to test how well witnesses to a crime can identify an unknown culprit. After staging a crime (where another student stole a laptop from in front of the classroom), the students were put in … Continue reading
Posted in Witness Identifications
Tagged crime scene, eyewitnesses, system reform
Former Dallas DA: I convicted an innocent man
Today, the Dallas Morning News ran an editorial by James A. Fry, a former Assistant District Attorney who prosecuted Charles Chatman for aggravated rape. Mr. Chatman was convicted but conclusively exonerated by DNA evidence 27 years later. Mr. Fry, who … Continue reading
Posted in Exoneration, Witness Identifications
Tagged District Attorney, DNA, Exoneration, homicide, system reform, Texas
