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3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION
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Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes? This quip highlights the conventional wisdom that puts a lot of weight on eye witness testimony. But the problem is that it is much more difficult to identify the suspect when it is a stranger we only observed for a few seconds. False identification is a contributing factor in 27% of all wrongful convictions. If you are falsely accused from false identification, don't become a statistic. Learn about past wrongful conviction cases and learn how to combat the false identification testimony. 

"RESEARCH INDICATES THAT AS MANY AS 1 IN 3 EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATIONS IS INACCURATE."
 
-U.S. SUPREME COURT IN PERRY V. NEW HAMPSHIRE
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