How an eyewitness ID put an innocent man in jail
Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint when she was a 22 year old college student. She managed to escape, and eventually identified the man who did it. Or so she thought.
In 1984 Jennifer Thompson-Cannino was a 22 year old college student. One night a man broke into her apartment, put a knife to her throat and raped her. Jennifer studied every detail of his face so that she could identify him if the police ever caught him. And they did, with the help of Jennifer's eyewitness identification. A man named Ronald Cotton was sentenced to prison for life.
But he was released 11 years later, after he was exonerated by DNA evidence.
Hear Jennifer's shocking interview with Sook-Yin Lee by clicking the link above.