When the witness picked Johnson, an African-American, out of a photographic lineup and identified him as the rapist at his trial, the all-White jury convicted Johnson despite the fact that forensic tests excluded him. This is a case of absolute judgment.

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This scenario describes a case of relative judgment, where the witness may have compared the photos to each other rather than to their memory of the perpetrator, potentially leading to a misidentification. Absolute judgment would involve assessing each photo independently against the witness's memory.

When the Witness Picked Johnson, an African-American, Out of a Photographic