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Welcome to the Center for Forensic Science and Public Policy The Mission of the AJS Center for Forensic Science and Public Policy is devoted to improving the administration of justice through the application of cross-disciplinary research and education.
Witness says Dallas County prosecutor coached him to ID man as killer. The sole eyewitness who testified at a 1995 trial that Richard Miles was a murderer now says the Dallas County prosecutor in the case coached him to do so, according to an affidavit obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Posted 1/27/2010 Click here to read the Dallas Morning News article.DNA clears Fla. man after 35 years behind bars James Bain spent more time in prison than any of the 246 inmates previously exonerated by DNA evidence nationwide. Posted 12/17/2009 To read this article, click here.Iowa State Study Examines Photo Lineups Eyewitnesses to crimes are called upon to identify the offender, but they sometimes finger the wrong person because they feel they have to make an identification no matter what, says an Iowa State University psychology professor. Posted 12/7/2009 To read more, click here.Madison man, who has served six+ years, is ordered released A Madison man who served more than six years in prison for a sexual assault he said he didn't commit was ordered released Friday after a Dane County Circuit judge overturned his conviction. Posted 11/13/2009 To view article, on the Wisconsin State Journal website, click here.Psychologist conducting 2 studies on eyewitness misidentification Gary Wells, a Distinguished Professor of psychology at Iowa State University who developed the dominant theory of how mistaken identifications occur, has begun work on two new studies to explore the thought processes of eyewitnesses when their memory fails as they still try to identify the perpetrator of a crime. Posted 11/9/2009 To learn more, click here.Willingham case could improve forensic analysis Cameron Todd Willingham's case has captured attention across Texas and around the nation for the last two months, raising serious questions on a number of fronts. Posted 11/2/2009 To view the article, click here. |
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