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Eyewitness ID
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Identifying the Culprit Assessing Eyewitness Identification (2014)
The National Academy of Sciences issued a landmark report evaluating the scientific research on memory and eyewitness identification in October 2014. The report provides recommendations for improving police identification procedures and for how courts should handle eyewitness evidence. The report is available for purchase or free download.
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Justice Pariente Beats Drum For Eyewitness Expert Testimony (FL)
DOJ Memorandum – Eyewitness Identification: Procedures for Conducting Photo Arrays
2017 memo from the US DOJ which endorses the 2014 NAS Report, Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness ldentification, stating: “The heads of the Department’s law enforcement components should review these procedures and, to the extent necessary, update their own internal policies to ensure that they are consistent with the procedures described in this document. In …
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Eyewitness rules ignored, wrongful convictions result
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A Check on Bad Eyewitness Identifications (OR)
State v. Lawson, 352 Ore. 724 (2012)
On Nov. 29, 2012, the Oregon Supreme Court issued an important decision, which places the burden on the state to establish the reliability of the eyewitness identification and recognizes and requires courts to act in a manner consistent with the latest scientific research on eyewitness identification and memory. This opinion may be useful in NC …