According to a 1996 Study by NIJ of 28 Wrongfully

According to a 1996 study by NIJ of 28 wrongfully convicted individuals, in the majority of cases:

A) No eyewitness testimony was available, and the convictions were based on faulty circumstantial evidence.
B) The most compelling evidence in the cases was eye witness testimony that was wrong.
C) The eye witness testimony did not match the circumstantial evidence presented at trial.
D) Eye witness testimony was insufficient to sustain a conviction on appeal.