Eye witness testimony is still considered by many as very strong and compelling evidence when it come's to a crime.
If you have a very confident witness on the stand during a trial who can point out the defendant as the one who committed a crime then this can be seen as great evidence to a jury during a trial.
However eye witness testimony is still the leading cause for wrongful convictions with around 70% of convictions that have been overturned after DNA evidence proved that the eye witness testimony could not have been accurate.
With so many cases we deal with involving eye witness testimony I thought It was about time we spoke with an expert in this field. Dr. Smalarz is an expert in the field of miss identification and witness testimony and today talks me through just some of what can go wrong with our memories when it comes to picking a criminial.

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Eyewitness Testimony, how good is it really?

In 'One Minute Remaining' I speak with inmates serving lengthy prison sentences for a range of different crimes. From arson to robbery, attempted murder and even murder itself and everything in between.
I'm not here to try and prove them innocent or guilty, what I am here to do is allow them the chance to tell their stories. We'll look at the case's against them and allow them to tell us their accounts of the events that lead up to their incarceration.
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True crime

In 1991, Dunn was convicted of murder in St. Louis, Missouri, based largely on the testimonies of two teenagers who later recanted their statements. 
There was no physical evidence linking Dunn to the crime, and he consistently maintained his innocence. 
Despite these facts, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Over the years, multiple witnesses and even the original teenage accusers admitted that their testimonies were fabricated under police pressure.
Despite compelling evidence of his innocence and a judge even stating in 2020 that no jury would find him guilty today, legal hurdles have prevented his release, highlighting the systemic challenges faced by those wrongfully convicted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No jury would convict him P1 - Christopher Dunn

I don't think a week goes by when someone doesn't mention to me the name Evaristo Salas Jnr.
Evaristo's story has touched so many people, it's had us in tears of sadness and of joy and today is most certainly the latter as I sit down with Jnr after almost 8 months of freedom to hear how he's going and what's next for the man who lost 27 years of his life because of a lie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freedom looks good on you P2 - Evaristo Salas Jnr

I don't think a week goes by when someone doesn't mention to me the name Evaristo Salas Jnr.
Evaristo's story has touched so many people, it's had us in tears of sadness and of joy and today is most certainly the latter as I sit down with Jnr after almost 8 months of freedom to hear how he's going and what's next for the man who lost 27 years of his life because of a lie.
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Freedom looks good on you! P1 - Evaristo Salas Jnr

When you hear that someone has been handed a sentence of life plus 104 years you'd be forgiven for thinking that today I am sitting down with some sort of serial killer, or someone who has committed some incredibly heinous crimes but you'd be wrong.
Brad Hays is currently serving his incredible sentence in the state of Missouri. Brad is no career criminal, in fact up until this sentence he had never been to prison. Brad Hays did not kill anyone, he wasn't even present when someone was killed, in fact no one died at all in Brad's case.
So how and why has Brad been essentially handed a death sentence?
This is the story of Bradley Hays as told by him from his prison cell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life plus 104 P2 - Bradley Hays

Maggie Freleng is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and producer based in New York City reporting on wrongful convictions, the criminal legal system and social issues. She is the host and producer of the Signal and Anthem award winning podcast "Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng", as well as "Murder in Alliance" and "Unjust & Unsolved." She is also the host and producer of the Pulitzer Prize winning podcast "Suave" on PRX. "Suave" also won the 2022 International Documentary Award and Maggie was nominated for the 2022 Livingston Award for National Reporting on "Suave". 
Maggie is a powerhouse of journalism and podcasting and I couldn't be more excited to welcome her to OMR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eyewitness Testimony, how good is it really?

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