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  2. List of wrongful convictions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Cotton Rape, burglary Alamance County, North Carolina: Life in prison 10 years Yes Cotton was convicted of raping two women in their apartments in 1984. Both victims identified him as their assailant and rubber from his shoes was said to be consistent with rubber from the assailant's footprints.

  3. Mistaken identity - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Cotton Another case demonstrating mistaken identity is the case of Ronald Cotton. ... Upon release for wrongful conviction (proved by DNA analysis), Cotton was ...

  4. File:Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton at PopTech ...

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    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.

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    They’re made of concrete, cut steel and cotton, the latter referencing “bed sheets, state-issued T-shirts, white socks, white boxers, two of everything,” Roland says.

  6. Who's to blame for wrongful convictions? Accountability ... - AOL

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    A wrongful conviction is never the work of a lone bad apple. Like a plane crash, a wrongful conviction is a system failure, an "organizational accident." Small errors, none of them sufficient to ...

  7. Surge in backlog of wrongful conviction appeals at under-fire ...

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    Exclusive: Over 1,000 cases involving alleged miscarriages of justice awaiting permission to appeal

  8. Eyewitness identification - Wikipedia

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    In eyewitness identification, in criminal law, evidence is received from a witness "who has actually seen an event and can so testify in court". [1]The Innocence Project states that "Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide, playing a role in more than 75% of convictions overturned through DNA testing."

  9. List of exonerated death row inmates - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Wade Moore, Alabama. Convicted 2002. [221] Ronald Kitchen, Illinois. Convicted 1988. [222] Michael Toney, Texas. Convicted 1999. Toney later died in a car accident on October 3, 2009, just one month and a day after his exoneration. [223] Yancy Douglas, Oklahoma. Convicted 1995. [224] Paris Powell, Oklahoma. Convicted 1997. [225] Robert ...