Far. Whats your biggest fear. Landed in prison. An america tonight special, reasonable doubt. Thank for joining us, i am joie chen. Our criminal yale Justice System depends on checks and balances, punish the guilty while row texting the innocent. But what happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice . Our first story looks at witness identification or rather misidentification. It may surprise you that it is the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. Our investigation found that juries almost always convict if there is an eyewitness, even when there is proof the suspect couldnt have done the crime. When the verdict came back and it was difficult on all count, the courtroom erupted in applause. Give him the gas and kill his ass. Thats what they said you . Yeah, i could hear thats snickering and laughing. And everybody thought they had the right man, the Police Department, prosecutors office. Most of the people thought they had their man. Before prison ch
Whats your biggest fear. Landed in prison. An america tonight special, reasonable doubt. Thank for joining us, i am joie chen. Our criminal yale Justice System depends on checks and balances, punish the guilty while row texting the innocent. But what happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice . Our first story looks at witness identification or rather misidentification. It may surprise you that it is the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. Our investigation found that juries almost always convict if there is an eyewitness, even when there is proof the suspect couldnt have done the crime. When the verdict came back and it was difficult on all count, the courtroom erupted in applause. Give him the gas and kill his ass. Thats what they said you . Yeah, i could hear thats snickering and laughing. And everybody thought they had the right man, the Police Department, prosecutors office. Most of the people thought they had their man. Before prison changed
And the view from the other angle, when citizens turn their cameras on the cops. Theyre going to do all they can to arrest us to prevent us from recording it. Is it really against the law . America tonights adam may on the record and the law. Later this hour saving our ship. The ss United States gets a lifeline that could get a plug. Good evening. In ferguson, staten island, cleveland and all the other cities where clashes between cops and their communities have ignited flash points over Excessive Police force, we wonder what would have made a difference . Could video recordings later answer questions about what really happened . President obama thinks so. He laid out awe a multimillion dlar plan and the lapd will do that. Michael oku begins our look at cameras, cops and communities in rialto, california. What youre about to see happens every day across the country, an officer in tense pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Two suspects inside showing few signs they intend to surrender. Get out
Cameras on the cops. Theyre going to do all they can to arrest us to prevent us from recording it. Is it really against the law . America tonights adam may on the record and the law. Later this hour saving our ship. The ss United States gets a lifeline that could get a plug. Good evening. In ferguson, staten island, cleveland and all the other cities where clashes between cops and their communities have ignited flash points over Excessive Police force, we wonder what would have made a difference . Could video recordings later answer questions about what really happened . President obama thinks so. He laid out awe a multimillion dlar plan and the lapd will do that. Michael oku begins our look at cameras, cops and communities in rialto, california. What youre about to see happens every day across the country, an officer in tense pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Two suspects inside showing few signs they intend to surrender. Get out of the car, both of you. The situation could escalate. If it
And the view from the other angle, when citizens turn their cameras on the cops. Theyre going to do all they can to arrest us to prevent us from recording it. Is it really against the law . America tonights adam may on the record and the law. Later this hour saving our ship. The ss United States gets a lifeline that could get a plug. Good evening. In ferguson, staten island, cleveland and all the other cities where clashes between cops and their communities have ignited flash points over Excessive Police force, we wonder what would have made a difference . Could video recordings later answer questions about what really happened . President obama thinks so. He laid out awe a multimillion dlar plan and the lapd will do that. Michael oku begins our look at cameras, cops and communities in rialto, california. What youre about to see happens every day across the country, an officer in tense pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Two suspects inside showing few signs they intend to surrender. Get out