The highest percentage of wrongful convictions would come from eyewitnesses misidentifications, when a crime occurs and a witness is brought in to make a statement and identify an offender, there are several factors that can go wrong. First and foremost at the initial time the crime took place the witness may have been shaken up to actually see who the person was, or it could have been in the dark or bad lighten. Unvalidated or Improper forensics could be another reason, this is when forensic evidence comparisons may not be sufficiently evaluated, analysist results are fabricated, evidence is not accurate, or properly conducted. All these failed forensic techniques could cause for a wrongful conviction. Next we can take a look at false confessions or admissions, if a witness was coerced by law officials to make a statement under duress, this could be another factor and finally, when individuals are wrongfully convicted it due to bad informants or snitches who want to pin a crime on an individual, or could have been offered something in exchange to say that person was the one who committed the crime (Innocence Project, n.d.). Unfortunately, these are just a few factors that can cause wrongful convictions, however, there are others, it just that each case is different when trying to put together all the evidence to prove a person
The highest percentage of wrongful convictions would come from eyewitnesses misidentifications, when a crime occurs and a witness is brought in to make a statement and identify an offender, there are several factors that can go wrong. First and foremost at the initial time the crime took place the witness may have been shaken up to actually see who the person was, or it could have been in the dark or bad lighten. Unvalidated or Improper forensics could be another reason, this is when forensic evidence comparisons may not be sufficiently evaluated, analysist results are fabricated, evidence is not accurate, or properly conducted. All these failed forensic techniques could cause for a wrongful conviction. Next we can take a look at false confessions or admissions, if a witness was coerced by law officials to make a statement under duress, this could be another factor and finally, when individuals are wrongfully convicted it due to bad informants or snitches who want to pin a crime on an individual, or could have been offered something in exchange to say that person was the one who committed the crime (Innocence Project, n.d.). Unfortunately, these are just a few factors that can cause wrongful convictions, however, there are others, it just that each case is different when trying to put together all the evidence to prove a person