The Innocence Project

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The use of DNA testing has proven that most wrongful convictions have been contributed by eyewitness misidentification. Across the United States to date, DNA testing has led to over 70% of convictions being overturned. Norris (2017) asserts that the human mind does not record or recall the exactly how an event unfolded. The memory of a witness is influenced by different factors from the moment a crime occurs onwards; therefore, such memories are easily contaminated due to formation of false memories.

The Innocence Project in collaboration with policymakers and law enforcement agencies has proposed five procedures such as recording, confidence statements, instructions, blinded administration and line-up composition aimed at reducing the instances of misidentification. These procedures help reduce wrongful convictions by decreasing the number of misidentifications and addressing the loopholes in the justice system (Kassin, Bogart, & Kerner, 2012).  These procedures make court proceedings more efficient due to the minimization of cases of evidence being mishandled or compromised.

Also, other ways can be used to reduce the instances of false...