Mistaken eyewitness identification is the leading cause of the wrongful convictions in the United States, playing a role in more than 75% of the 261 cases overturned through DNA testing.  While several states, such as North Carolina and New Jersey, and numerous law enforcement agencies have already implemented new lineup procedures based on social science research, jurisdictions are beginning to move towards reforming current practices.

This program will discuss how eyewitness identification evidence is impacting legal practice and current trends in the states, courts, law enforcement and national legal organizations.  In addition the program will inform program participants on the basic principles behind eyewitness identification research, such as the need for double-blind lineup procedures and why sequential lineups may be more reliable than simultaneous lineup presentation methods.

 
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