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Eyewitness Identification
49 published works
New Jersey Public Safety Officers Law Blog
Changes To Way Police Eyewitness Identifications Are Used In Court
As reported by nj.com, New Jersey’s standards for eyewitness testimony in the courtroom is unreliable and can encourage police misconduct, the New Jersey Supreme Court said in ordering a…
CrimProf Blog
“34 Years Later, Supreme Court Will Revisit Eyewitness IDs”
Adam Liptak's story is in the New York Times:WASHINGTON — Every year, more than 75,000 eyewitnesses identify suspects in criminal investigations. Those identifications are wrong about a third of the…
Nashville Criminal Law Report
Showup vs. Line Up What’s the Problem
By Rob McKinney
The State of Tennessee must prove identity in every criminal case. A defendant may be identified in a number of ways from eyewitness identification , photographic identification , voice…
EvidenceProf Blog
Article Of Interest: Eyewitness Errors and Wrongful Convictions: Let’s Give Science a Chance, By David A. Sonenshein and Robin Nilson
By Colin Miller
Readers of this blog know of my interest in the inaccuracy of eyewitness identifications (see, e.g., here, here, here, here, and here) and efforts to increase their reliability (see, e.g. here). This interest came…
EvidenceProf Blog
Continuation Rule: Supreme Court Of Georgia Finds Admission Of Eyewitness ID Forms Doesn’t Violate Continuing Witness Rule
By Colin Miller
Apparently, Georgia has an objection which is known as the continuing witness objection:In Georgia, the continuing witness objection is based on the notion that written testimony is heard by the jury…
EvidenceProf Blog
Eyewitness Account: Supreme Court Of Louisiana Precludes Expert Testimony On Inaccuracy Of Eyewitness Identifications
By Colin Miller
I have done several posts on this blog (here, here, here, here, here, and here) about the inaccuracy of regular and cross-racial eyewitness identifications and whether expert testimony about this…
EvidenceProf Blog
Mistaken Identification: Supreme Court Of Utah Reverses Past Precedent, Allows Expert Testimony On Inaccuracy Of Eyewitness Identifications
By Colin Miller
I have done several posts on this blog (here, here, here, here, and here) about the inaccuracy of regular and cross-racial eyewitness identifications and whether expert testimony about this inaccuracy should be allowed. My…
EvidenceProf Blog
Can I See Some Identification?: Death Of Victim Precludes Admission Of Pre-Trial Identifications
By Colin Miller
Sometimes, the legal system works in troubling ways. If defendants shoot a victim, and the victim identifies the defendants as his shooters before trial (during a lineup, photo array, etc.),…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“When Governments Kill: A conservative argues for abolishing the death penalty”
Main July 5, 2009"When Governments Kill: A conservative argues for abolishing the death penalty"The title of this post is the heading for this notable commentary by renown conservative Richard Viguerie,…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Areas Of My Expertise: Alabama Federal Court Allows Expert Eyewitness Testimony Despite Eleventh Circuit Precedent
By Colin Miller
Should expert witnesses be able to testify regarding the unreliability of eyewitness identifications (and cross-racial eyewitness identifications)? It is a question that has led to contradictory conclusions across the country,…