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Eyewitness ID Reform Active in Florida

By Steve Hall

"Revamped photo lineup rules aim to end ID errors in Florida,"  is the report by John Torres and Jim Ash for Florida Today. The kind of photo lineup that was used to send Crosley Green to death row in 1991 is exactly the kind of law enforcement tactic the Florida Innocence Commission would like to see eliminated. The commission, which studies wrongful convictions, voted Monday to endorse a controversial bill that would set minimum standards for police lineups in the future. The bill by Sen. Joe Negron, a commission member and powerful Republican from Port St. Lucie, would require police to use a third party unfamiliar with the case to administer photo lineups. "I think it's our job to boldly transform how we do eyewitness identifications in the state of Florida," Negron said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).