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  • In July , an assailant broke into Jennifer Thompson-Cannino’s apartment and sexually assaulted her.

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      Ronald Cotton was exonerated in , after spending over 10 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.

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      In the park­ing lot, their fam­i­lies weep­ing, Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton embraced.

    'I Was Certain, but I Was Wrong' - The New York Times

  • One day Ronald Cotton will introduce his daughter to Jennifer Thompson.

    • A Memoir of Injustice & Redemption

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    PICKING COTTON:
    Our Memoir of Injustice & Redemption

    Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. Wearing only a blanket, she escaped and told police she was certain she could identify the man who had been inches from her face. Three days after the brutal rape Jennifer was led through a flawed photographic lineup which caused a mistaken eyewitness ID that put him behind bars. After serving eleven years in prison for a crime he never committed, Ronald was released when a DNA test proved his innocence.

    Two years later, Jennifer and Ronald me

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  • Cotton’s actions and past had­n’t helped his case.
    • jennifer thompson healing justice In July 1984, an assailant broke into Jennifer Thompson-Cannino's apartment and sexually assaulted her.
    ronald cotton documentary In , a young white woman named Jennifer Thompson told a North Carolina courtroom that the man on trial, Ronald Cotton, a black restaurant dishwasher, had broken into her apartment and raped her at knifepoint the year before.
    jennifer thompson-cannino wikipedia Learn about Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton, recipients of the 2015 Special Courage Award | National Crime Victims' Service Awards.

    Ronald Cotton - National Registry of Exonerations

      Three days after the brutal rape Jennifer was led through a flawed photographic lineup which caused a mistaken eyewitness ID that put him behind bars.

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      Jennifer Thompson was brutally raped, as a 22 year old college student on July 29, Her testimony and eyewitness identification sent a young man, Ronald Cotton, to prison for a life term, for a crime he did not commit.

    Eyewitness: Anatomy Of A Story - CBS News

  • “Picking Cotton is a rare, pure story about power and powerlessness, and the fallibility of the human mind.
    • Mistaken identity - American Psychological Association (APA)