Sentences with phrase «for eyewitness identification»

A 2009 report by the New York State Bar Association, which identified major factors contributing to wrongful convictions, recommended video recording of custodial interrogations and changing procedures for eyewitness identification of suspects.

Largely adopting provisions in a bill drafted in 2015 by the State Bar Association in collaboration with the Innocence Project and the District Attorneys» Association of New York, the budget agreement calls for both video recording of custodial interrogations of suspects in serious crimes and reforming procedures for eyewitness identification.

Not exact matches

For example, jurors tend to give more weight to the testimony of eyewitnesses who report that they are very sure about their identifications even though most studies indicate that highly confident eyewitnesses are generally only slightly more accurate — and sometimes no more so — than those who are less confident.

Because individuals with certain psychological disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder and substance dependence, are at high risk for criminal involvement, they are also at heightened risk for false identifications by eyewitnesses.

In another, researchers at New Mexico State University designed a «faceprint» program for criminal identification that recombines facial features until they match an eyewitness's recollection of the perpetrator's visage.

«Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Identification: A New Pair of Glasses for the Jury» A preview of an article in the American Criminal Law Review.

It calls for video recording of interrogation of criminal suspects and enhanced eyewitness identification procedures.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the defendant's conviction, choosing not to adopt a presumption of admissibility for expert testimony on eyewitness identification evidence.

Explicitly citing the Innocence Network Brief, the Court held that Oregon's previous standard for the admissibility of eyewitness identifications (i.e. the Classen test) was «insufficient to ensure that unreliable evidence will be excluded» (24).

Justice Goodwin Liu, joined by Justice Leondra Kruger, issued a notable dissent proposing new standards for addressing problematic eyewitness identifications and arguing that Reed had shown that prosecutors discriminatorily exercised their discretionary strikes to exclude African Americans from serving on the jury.

The seminar component of the Clinic examines the principal problems that lead to the conviction of the innocent and the leading proposals for reform, including mistaken eyewitness identification, false confessions, faulty forensic evidence, the role of forensic DNA testing, post-conviction remedies for innocence claims, the use of «jailhouse snitches» and other cooperating witnesses, incompetent defense counsel, and police and prosecutorial misconduct.

For over fifteen years, she has had continuous funding (over $ 1.7 million) from the National Science Foundation for her research applying social psychology to the investigation of legal issues such as eyewitness identification, jury decision - making, and scientific evidenFor over fifteen years, she has had continuous funding (over $ 1.7 million) from the National Science Foundation for her research applying social psychology to the investigation of legal issues such as eyewitness identification, jury decision - making, and scientific evidenfor her research applying social psychology to the investigation of legal issues such as eyewitness identification, jury decision - making, and scientific evidence.