Imagine a robbery has occurred, and police ask witnesses to identify a suspect from a lineup. "I remember his eyes," one ...

Whether as a sponsor or donor, a member or volunteer, or an employee or fellow, you can make a difference. Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data ...

The Supreme Court rephrased issue 3 distilled by the Appellant and issue 1 distilled by the Respondent, into the following ...

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The criminal justice system has devised several procedural safeguards to protect defendants from erroneous conviction resulting from mistaken eyewitness identification. Mistaken Identification: The ...

Eyewitness misidentification is one of the most common factors in cases of wrongful conviction. Nationally, 28% of all exonerations involve mistaken eyewitness identification. Social science research ...

While eyewitness testimony can be persuasive evidence before a judge or jury, 30 years of strong social science research has proven that eyewitness identification is often unreliable. Research shows ...

This opinion has now flipped to around 90% of experts agreeing that the higher the confidence of the eyewitness, the more likely they are to be accurate in their identification. This is true if ...