Canadian photographer Francois Brunelle spent 12 years tracking down real life Doppelgängers — two individuals who are not related but could pass for identical twins — and photographing them. He calls his project “I’m Not a Look-Alike,” and it’s starting to get some well-deserved attention.
Article with more pictures: https://www.chasejarvis.com/blog/me-myself-and-i-francois-brunelle-and-his-doppelganger-project-find-your-look-alike/
Photograph website: http://www.francoisbrunelle.com/webn/e-project.html
Makes you wonder how many people got jailed for a crime they didn’t commit before the widespread use of fingerprints and DNA just because they resembled someone else.
People still do.
I can’t find the study but people over estimate whether someone looks familiar, especially in stressful situations.
There are people in prison right now because they look like the perpetrator.
Imma give you a guess as to the races of these people.
The wikipedia article on eyewitness testimony goes into more detail.
The book ‘Picking Cotton’ is a hard read, but its nonfiction about a woman realizing she identified the wrong man for SA. Its excellent.
Happens all the time. Just look up prison doppelgänger and you’ll get a bunch of hits. One guy spent 17 years falsely imprisoned.
If you want to listen to a fun episode of Behind the Bastards regarding this topic:
Behind the Bastards: Part One: The Bastards of Forensic Science
https://omny.fm/shows/behind-the-bastards/part-one-the-bastards-of-forensic-science
Why do you think the homicide clearence rate has plummeted? Can’t just swing by a random black person, beat the shit out of them, and pin a crime on them like you used to.
Step 1: Don’t be black.
Step 2: Don’t be born before 1960.Actually nevermind lol.