Introduction Problem analysis involves studying a problem thoroughly with an aim of understanding how the problem came about and how it developed into its current state. Problem analysis is important because it helps to find out the cause of a problem and its solution as this is the basic assumption in problem analysis. When one identifies the cause of a problem they can eliminate it and solve the problem. The discussion in this paper will identify a problem in the criminal justice system and research possible programmatic solutions by benchmarking best practices. Main Text The criminal justice system is dogged by many problems in many countries across the globe. We have the problem of wrongful convictions. Innocent people are convicted and sent to jail for crimes they did not commit while the guilty ones go free. This is because the criminal justice system is controlled by defense lawyers who are wily judges and the entire court staff that bully witness. This leads to erosion of the public confidence in the criminal justice system because the legitimacy of a criminal justice system rests on it s effectiveness and fairness. It is said to be effective and fair if the accused are investigated thoroughly and convicted after all evidences have been exhausted and they are found guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. For example some judges have been sent for refresher courses on how to avoid wrongful convictions (Risman, 2002:1). There are many factors that may lead to wrongful convictions. The first one is sham prosecutors, overconfident eyewitnesses, lying informants from jailhouses and the inept lawyers and overzealous prosecutors who jeopardize the chances of the accused for fair trials and conviction of the accused prior to the trial by the public and the media especially in the case of high profile cases (Risman, 2002:1). We also have wrongful convictions through mistaken identification by witnesses and lack of channels to address the wrongful conviction. Identification by eyewitnesses is unreliable at times. This is because many innocent people have been people identified as the wrongdoers and hence the ideal that “no innocent man shall be punished “(Samaha, 2005:241) has not been achieved. These identifications by eyewitnesses account for over half of all wrongful convictions. There is the instance when seven people identified Bernard Pagano as a robber while the real robber was Ronald Clouser (Samaha, 2005:241). The faulty identifications occur because people are not very good observers and they are not as good as a camera. In addition when under stress we have inaccurate observations which are compounded by our difficulty in identifying strangers and especially from another race according to studies done by psychologists (Samaha, 2005:241). Racial discrimination leads to wrongful convictions. In a study done in 2004 more Hispanics in the United States were imprisoned than whites for the same crimes. This is due to a number of factors like racial profiling where more Hispanics were arrested in their neighborhoods which are considered high crime areas. Furthermore when taken to court most were incarcerated because they were represented by public legal counsel who was underpaid. The