The birth records in this databases come from several different sources: State Health Departments: Some states provide access to birth and other vital records for certain years. The year range available depends on the extent and quality of their record keeping, as well as the laws of the individual state or county.
The judgeâs power allows for dismissal of the case, acquittal, or declaration of a mistrial, and depending upon legal technicalities, the judgeâs decision for acquittal may be interpreted as a dismissal or a mistrial.
In a full 75% of the nationâs 241 erroneous convictions proven by post-conviction DNA testing, at least one eyewitness misidentification contributed to the wrongful conviction. Indeed, in 38% of those cases there was more than one eyewitness who misidentified an innocent person as the real perpetrator.