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UTEP Eyewitness ID Research Lab creates one-stop shopping website on police lineup procedures

By Gritsforbreakfast

Having become increasingly aware recently of faulty eyewitness identification practices commonly used by police and the wrongful convictions that can result when investigators use scientifically invalid methods, I'm increasingly under the impression that improving police lineup procedures could be a pivotal innocence reform proposed when the 81st Texas Legislature convenes in 2009.To that end, there's really a lot of information available on the topic of improving eyewitness identification procedures on the website of UTEP's "Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory," where you can:Read basic information on appropriate lineup construction procedure, and how to evaluate lineup fairness. Get our Do-It-Yourself Kit for assessing the fairness of an eyewitness identification lineup...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).