Eye Witness Accounts

First order:

1 - Kevin Brinkley’s murder conviction as a juvenile nearly 40 years ago was based largely on the testimony of two eyewitnesses.

2 - More than 70 percent of the convictions that have been overturned

3 - Ronald Brinkley confessed to the murder several times over the years

4 - Eyewitness misidentification is the single biggest contributor to the wrongful convictions

5 - Brinkley was 15 when he was sent to prison for life for allegedly shooting egg deliveryman Charles Haag in December 1977.  Ronald Brinkley was 14.

Second Order:

1 - Scores of scientific studies over the decades have shown that eyewitnesses are often inaccurate. This can be trusted as it was studied.

2 - More than 70 percent of the convictions that have been overturned through DNA testing nationwide involved eyewitnesses who got it wrong, according to the Innocence Project. This  is reliable because every person has his own structure of DNA.

3 - Brinkley was 15 when he was sent to prison for life. this can be reliable because all cases are kept with details

Knowledge Question:

1 - To what extent can eyewitnesses be reliable for criminal judgements?