D. Smith Innocent Project The case I found was the case of Timothy Cole which happened in Texas in 1985. The victim gave a vague description of the perpetrator which was a young African-American who smoked. Due to Timothy being a young African-American was studying at the tech school ended up being a suspect. This meant the police took a polaroid of him to see if the victim would identify him. She did but the photo lineup had issues. Timothy's picture was the only non-mug shot, polaroid, and facing the front. During the trial important information proving his innocence was not allowed to be used. For example, that his fingerprints did not match a similar attack and that a similar attack occurred after his arrest. Another problem with this case is that the actual perpetrator wrote to police, prosecutors, and judges that he was the one that did it. Multiple times this confession got ignored (Timothy Cole). The wrongful conviction happened due to multiple reasons including evidence used that is not backed by science, ignoring important evidence, and not allowing important information from being used. From the innocence project it does not seem like the prosecution proved or created doubt in his alibi. "If the trial proceeds and the prosecution cannot overcome your alibi defense, you will be acquitted of all charges" (Alibi as a Defense in Criminal Cases). The solution to this problem would have been for his appeals to be looked into further. There is plenty of evidence that creates doubt that he was the perpetrator in this case. I think that due to the year this case happened there was racial basis involved and he in a way got set up since he was not going to have a way to prove his innocence due to the bias. I think there should be a way during an appeal where you can state there was bias against the defendant. In stating that the trail will be reviewed over in detail to see if there is evidence of bias that during the trial or important evidence ignored (ex. having an alibi and having severe asthma). What other causes of the original wrongful conviction and what a possible solution to this problem could be?