In this video, we learned about a rape case that suffered from a wrongful conviction. In Burlington, NC back in 1980, a young college student named Jenifer was raped. While being raped in her home she talked about how she studied the rapists to try and remember him for if she were to survive. She was able to escape and immediately went to the police. They showed her pictures of people she picked out a guy named Ron after studying all of the photos for a while. She then picked out the same guy in a line of suspects as well. Ron was convicted of rape. 11 years later was found to be not guilty and was free. This was because of DNA. They were able to get another trial and had a viable sperm specimen and found that the DNA was not Ron’s. The video
