"Eyewitness misidentification" refers to situations when someone wrongly identifies a person or an event based on what they saw. It means that the information provided by an eyewitness is not accurate. Full definition
Eyewitness misidentification accounts for three - quarters of wrongful convictions — but tweaking the line - up system can bring more accurate results (newscientist.com)
According to one amicus brief filed by the Innocence Project, «of the 353 DNA exonerations nationwide, 70 percent involved eyewitness misidentification. (abajournal.com)
Hundreds of innocent people have been exonerated by DNA evidence in the United States since the 1990s, and eyewitness misidentification was the root cause in 70 % of the cases. (sciencemag.org)