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Eyewitness ID
Digital Heads Help Eyewitnesses Identify Suspects
‘Witnesses are Often Wrong’: The Case Against Eyewitness ID
Brian Bornstein, Ph.D.
Recent Research in Eyewitness Evidence Webinar
Dec. 16, 20201:00 pm via Webex1 hour of general CLE credit anticipated Register for the program here. Dr. William Crozier will present an overview of the 2020 scientific review paper on eyewitness identification evidence published by the American Psychology-Law Society. The paper, “Policy and Procedure Recommendations for the Collection and Preservation of Eyewitness Identification Evidence,” …
Recent Research in Eyewitness Evidence Webinar
Presenter: William Crozier, Ph.D. Sponsored by NCIDS, Recording available.
Policy and procedure recommendations for the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence
Wells, G. L., Kovera, M. B., Douglass, A. B., Brewer, N., Meissner, C. A., & Wixted, J. T. (2020). Policy and procedure recommendations for the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence. Law and Human Behavior, 44(1), 3–36. The Executive Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society appointed a subcommittee to update the influential 1998 scientific review …
Long v. Hooks
4th Circuit en banc rehearing, decided Aug. 24, 2020. See Judge Wynn’s concurring opinion regarding eyewitness identification evidence.
The Law and Science of Eyewitness Evidence
Aug. 2020 article by Brandon Garrett and Thomas Albright that examines how the science of eyewitness identifications has informed the law. The article looks state-by-state at legal precedent, legislative action, and police reforms related to eyewitness evidence. Available for free download.
Miami man faced 20 years until he watched video of the crime and saw his brother’s face
When memory and justice fail us
U.S. v. Nolan (2020)
In this Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case, Judge Jed Rakoff finds ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to challenge the unreliable eyewitness identification evidence in the case. Counsel failed to consult with an expert, abandoned a pre-trial motion to preclude the eyewitness identification evidence, and failed to move to exclude a prejudicial photo …
Darrill Henry’s Double Murder Conviction Overturned in New Orleans
State v. Newsuan, 837 S.E.2d 728 (2020)(unpub)
The court held that it was not plain error for a detective to testify as a lay witness that the defendant was displaying gang signs with his hands.