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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > policing > police procedures > eyewitnesses
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > victims/witnesses > eyewitnesses

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eyewitnesses  

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  • The Cardozo Law School Innocence Project Web site regularly reports new cases in which individuals who have been convicted of crimes are exonerated through DNA testing (see ). The Web site reveals that about two thirds of these cases involve mistaken eyewitness identification. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Eyewitnesses]

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