Improving eyewitness IDs
The Justice Departments' NIJ Journal says "(e)ven the most well-intentioned witnesses can identify the wrong person or fail to identify the perpetrator of a crime. According to the American Judicature Society, misidentification by eyewitnesses was the leading cause of wrongful conviction in more than 75 percent of the first 183 DNA exonerations in the United States." The article suggests reforms for police lineups.
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