i m joie chen. our criminal justice system depends on czechs and balances, prosecution and offense, punish the guilty and protect the innocent. what happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice our first story looks at witness identification. it may surprise you it s the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. our investigation found that juries almost always convict if there s an eye witness, even when there s proof the suspect couldn t have done the crime. . when the verdict came back and it was guilt on an outline counts. the courtroom erupted in applause. give him the gas. i heard them sniggering and lawyering. everyone thought they had the right men. police department. prosecutor s office, most of the people thought they had the man. reporter: before prison changed everything. kurt s story was a simple one, race said on the maryland eastern shore, fishing and crabbing like his father and his father s father before him. bloodsworth lef
our criminal justice system depends on czechs and balances, prosecution and offense, punish the guilty and protect the innocent. what happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice our first story looks at witness identification. it may surprise you it s the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. our investigation found that juries almost always convict if there s an eye witness, even when there s proof the suspect couldn t have done the crime. . when the verdict came back and it was guilt on an outline counts. the courtroom erupted in applause. give him the gas. i heard them sniggering and lawyering. everyone thought they had the right men. police department. prosecutor s office, most of the people thought they had the man. reporter: before prison changed everything. kurt s story was a simple one, race said on the maryland eastern shore, fishing and crabbing like his father and his father s father before him. bloodsworth left to join the m
thank you for joining us. i m joie chen. our criminal justice system depends on czechs and balances, prosecution and offense, punish the guilty and protect the innocent. what happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice our first story looks at witness identification. it may surprise you it s the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. our investigation found that juries almost always convict if there s an eye witness, even when there s proof the suspect couldn t have done the crime. . when the verdict came back and it was guilt on an outline counts. the courtroom erupted in applause. give him the gas. i heard them sniggering and lawyering. everyone thought they had the right men. police department. prosecutor s office, most of the people thought they had the man. reporter: before prison changed everything. kurt s story was a simple one, race said on the maryland eastern shore, fishing and crabbing like his father and his father s father b
an extraordinary story of justice denied in our continuing reports on crime and punishment in america. also tonight - shot in the arm, the case for childhood vaccinations gets a booster from an outbreak of measle, and worries about the return of other childhood diseases. why a small but growing number of parents say though to shots. what would happen if nobody vaccinated their kids at all? we d be a lot healthier. you do. i do. michael okwu with a look at the measles epidemic and its connection to the anti-vaccine movement. and swept away. what the tide brings the artist shapes and the waters return to the sea. gooeping thanks for joining us for america tonight , the weekend edition. it s hard to under the criminal mind, what is the truth about criminal congegss. do people who are truly in the confess to crimes they don t commit. we examine false confessions. they happen more often than you might think. america tonight correspondent sara hoy begins with the s
reports on crime and punishment in america. also tonight - shot in the arm, the case for childhood vaccinations gets a booster from an outbreak of measle, and worries about the return of other childhood diseases. why a small but growing number of parents say though to shots. what would happen if nobody vaccinated their kids at all? we d be a lot healthier. you do. i do. michael okwu with a look at the measles epidemic and its movement. and swept away. what the tide brings the artist the sea. gooeping thanks for joining us for america tonight , the weekend edition. it s hard to under the criminal mind, what is the truth about criminal congegss. do people who are truly in the confess to crimes they don t commit. we examine false confessions. they happen more often than you might think. america tonight correspondent sara hoy begins with the story of a man who pent spent nearly decades behind bars, but has proof he didn t do it. wsh this girl was roller skating w