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Another case demonstrating mistaken identity is the case of Ronald Cotton. In July 1984, a man broke into Jennifer Thompson's home in Burlington, North Carolina and raped her. During the attack, she studied the attacker's face, determined to identify him if she survived the attack.
Jennifer Thompson, a critic of the reliability of eyewitness testimony following the exoneration of Ronald Cotton from her rape accusation; See also
After Thompson-Cannino mistakenly identified Cotton as her rapist, Cotton was convicted of rape in 1985. A decade later, DNA evidence exonerated him. After his exoneration, Cotton and Thompson-Cannino became friends, and travel the country to talk about wrongful convictions and justice reform.
“Greetings, You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 12PM SHARP with your belongings,” reads one text message received by a resident in Washington, D.C ...
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, will meet with a key Trump nominee, Elbridge Colby, inset, after finding himself at apparent odds with some figures in the MAGA-sphere, including Turning Point USA ...
Ronald Cotton with Jennifer Thompson-Cannino at PopTech 2010. After Thompson-Cannino mistakenly identified Cotton as her rapist, Cotton was convicted of rape in 1985. A decade later, DNA evidence exonerated him.
After Innocence is a 2005 American documentary film about men who were exonerated from death row by DNA evidence.Directed by Jessica Sanders, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
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