But our research found that the overwhelming majority of law enforcement agencies using a Lexipol manual — 90% — largely adopted the company’s eyewitness identification policy as written.

The most crucial proposed reform is double-blind administration. The officer administering a photo or live lineup should not be aware who the suspect is, and the witness should be told the officer ...

Eyewitness identification remains a pivotal yet complex facet of criminal investigations and legal proceedings. Research in this area spans from the cognitive processes underlying face recognition ...

The eyewitness is susceptible to outside influences, too, especially the questions and comments of the person administering a lineup based on photos. In Dallas County, that’s the detective ...

Indiana lawmakers can pass legislation that improves eyewitness identification procedures, joining 30 other jurisdictions nationwide that have put into place guardrails to protect the innocent and ...

Those seeking eyewitness identification reforms say videotaping reduces the likelihood of suggestion by the detective and allows prosecutors to show juries that the photo lineup was conducted ...

When we look more granularly in Indiana, more than a third of wrongful convictions – 36% – involved a mistaken eyewitness identification.

Each group assessed the likely accuracy of the eyewitness’s identification based on either a featural or recognition justification, allowing researchers to analyze how AI assistance influenced their ...

Starting July 1, the new law requires police to do three new things during the eyewitness identification police lineup process. Police must give proper instructions to the witness.