The Witness Who Was Right

In twelve years as a prosecutor, I lost forty-one cases. I remember every one of them.

Rodrigo identified the suspect and was certain. The suspect had an alibi. The case fell apart.

Three years later, another man confessed. He looked similar. He tilted his head the same way.

Rodrigo said: I was right about what I saw. I was wrong about who I saw.

Memory is not a recording. It is a reconstruction. Rodrigo was certain. His certainty was real. It just wasn't the same thing as truth.

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