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The Haynesworth/Davis multiple misidentification case illustrates the dangers faced before DNA testing was widely available in the early 1990s and when witness identification of unknown attackers ...
Solo practitioner Glenn Hardy discusses how jury instructions on cross-racial identification can extend beyond witnesses to the jurors themselves.
INDIANAPOLIS — There's a new law set to go into effect this summer, requiring police departments across Indiana to change the way they do identification lineups. The goal is to prevent people from ...
One Indianapolis man believes the law may have saved him from falling victim to a misidentification case.
According to the suspect, the only eyewitness account to the alleged assassination attempt does not match his description.
Ryan Routh, the suspect in the second alleged assassination attempt against President Trump, seeks to suppress eyewitness identification, citing concerns over police influence.
Ryan Routh , the suspect in the second alleged assassination attempt against President Trump, has asked a judge to suppress statements from the eyewitness who identified him to police.
Eyewitness misidentification Eyewitness misidentification contributes to an overwhelming majority of wrongful convictions, which are often overturned by DNA testing, according to the Innocence ...
It was misidentification by an eyewitness that resulted in Benson’s conviction for a 1998 murder. ”We are all here to prevent injustice,” Benson told the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law ...
The Innocence Project lists six "contributing causes" for wrongful convictions: eyewitness misidentification; false confessions or admissions; government misconduct; inadequate defense; informants ...