A new article on eyewitness ID recently appeared on Wikipedia. Check it out.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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Faulty eyewitness identifications are a well-known problem in the American criminal justice system, as demonstrated by over 200 exonerations brought about by the Innocence Project -- a full 75% of which are attributable to false eyewitness IDs.
This blog is focused on the law and policies addressing eyewitness IDs, including police procedures, the admission of eyewitness testimony in the courtroom, and the findings of social science research regarding eyewitness memory.
This blog is focused on the law and policies addressing eyewitness IDs, including police procedures, the admission of eyewitness testimony in the courtroom, and the findings of social science research regarding eyewitness memory.
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3 comments:
Wiki had it a little wrong. Based on my research, mis-ID is the 2nd leading cause of wrongful convictions. The first is snitches.
Saucy, I've been under the impression for quite a while that bad IDs were number one. What's your source on that?
The Innocence Project also agrees with Wikipedia, as do the Justice Project and the high court of New Jersey (State v. Delgado, 188 N.J. 48, 60 (2006) ("Misidentification is widely recognized as the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions in this country."))
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