BAMN Minisode #45 : 6 Eyewitnesses Identified An Innocent Man — Lydell Grant

You’re called in for a lineup that could send a man to prison for life. Once there, you pick a man from the lineup and the police reassures you that you’ve done a great job and that the man you picked is already being looked at as a suspect.

5 other eyewitnesses also testified they saw the same man. 9 years later, DNA evidence will prove you all wrong.

This is the story of Lydell Grant.

Visuals : https://youtu.be/HYeJncOIkLM

Sources:

https://www.forensicmag.com/566149-The-Lydell-Grant-Case-Here-s-What-Went-Wrong-in-the-Eyewitness-Lineup/

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/lydell-grant-court-of-criminal-appeals/

https://promega.foleon.com/theishireport/the-ishi-report-may-2021/the-wrongful-conviction-of-lydell-grant-for-muder-in-texas-a-cautionary-tale-of-faulty-eyewitness-identification-and-the-perils-of-inconclusive-dna-mixture-statements/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/lydell-grant-ruled-innocent-montrose-slaying-16188308.php

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5980

https://abc13.com/lydell-grant-declared-actually-innocent-houston-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder-dna-proves-didnt-commit-aaron-scheerhorn/10668472/

https://theconversation.com/6-eyewitnesses-misidentified-a-murderer-heres-what-went-wrong-in-the-lineup-134767

https://www.mattkeyser.com/lydell-grant-wrongful-conviction

https://digitalprojects.rice.edu/wrc/Houston-LGBTQ/exhibits/show/hate-crimes/hate-crimes-in-montrose/aaron-scheerhoorn

https://innocenceproject.org/how-eyewitness-misidentification-can-send-innocent-people-to-prison/

https://innocenceproject.org/eyewitness-identification-reform/