![]() ![]() The case today is one of the most recognizable instances of eyewitness misidentification in the U.S. Now friends, the two travel through the country to speak on wrongful convictions and witness misidentification issues. Today, he and Thompson-Cannino are the co-authors of “Picking Cotton,” a book that outlines the tragedy that united them. There was one problem: Thompson-Cannino was wrong.Ĭotton spent more than 10 years in prison until advances in DNA testing exonerated him for the crime in 1995. Cotton would later be convicted of the crime and sentenced to prison. So was a jury, after hearing Thompson-Cannino’s testimony. When authorities brought a man named Ronald Cotton in as a possible suspect for Thompson-Cannino’s rape, she was certain he was her attacker. During the ordeal, she vowed to survive -and paid attention to her assailant’s features so she could help the police identify him. Moments later, she was sexually assaulted. Then a 22-year-old college student, Thompson-Cannino awoke in her apartment when she heard a noise in her bedroom. Jennifer Thompson-Cannino knew she’d identified the man who brutally raped her from a photo lineup in 1984. ![]()
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