Adolf Beck case
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"Adolf Beck" redirects here. For the physiologist, see Adolf Beck (physiologist).
The Adolf Beck case was a notorious incident of wrongful conviction by mistaken identity, brought about by unreliable methods of identification, erroneous eyewitness testimony, and a rush to convict the accused.[1] As one of the best known causes célèbres of its time, the case led to the creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal in 1907.[2]
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