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DNA overturns another bad conviction in Dallas based on faulty eyewitness testimony

Texas 34th DNA exoneree, Stephen Phillips walked out of a Dallas courtroom Monday completely cleared in the ten rapes for which he'd been convicted. His case arguably provides the most compelling example yet regarding flaws with historic eyewitness identification techniques and police tunnel vision. Reported the Dallas News: Mr. Phillips fought his convictions for years but made little headway until the Innocence Project championed his cause. Attorney Barry Scheck said the Phillips case was ?one of the worst cases of tunnel vision we?ve ever seen. Police seized on Steven Phillips as a suspect and refused to see mounting evidence that someone else actually committed these crimes.? Mr. Phillips was identified by 10 different victims, many of whom had described the attackers striking blue eyes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).