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I think so too. there must be just as many circumstances where people of the same race misidentify a person.. eyewitness testimony alone has long since been identified as unreliable..

like they are not polarized now?

Actually it depends on the experience of the witness. A white person with very limited contact or interaction with a different race could make their identification suspect. On the other hand, if they’ve had reasonable interaction with that race, then their identification might not be any more faulty than if the person in question was of the same race. It is up to the courts on a case by case basis to test the reliability of a witnesses identification, a blanket ruling that it is unreliable is unfair because of racial differences does not serve the pursuit of justice. Yes, there are people who have been wrongly convicted of crimes, and DNA and other forensic scientific breakthroughs may help minimize that, but they will never entirely prevent it. Innocent people die all the time as the result of medical errors, but we don’t stop doctors from treating people.