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Eyewitness Identification Reform

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The National Law Journal reports, "Police lineups bring debate, litigation."A growing number of police departments are getting sued over how they conduct lineups, with some lawyers claiming that flawed procedures are landing too many innocent people behind bars. At issue is whether witnesses are being prodded by police when picking a suspect from a lineup, and how the suspects are portrayed ? grouped together, or one at a time, which is the defense bar's method of choice. In Dallas, an exonerated man who spent 28 years in prison over a wrongful rape conviction is suing the Dallas Police Department, claiming a false eyewitness identification led to his conviction. Chatman v. City of Dallas, No. 3:2008cv00767 (N.D. Texas). In North Carolina, a federal lawsuit is pending against the Durham Police Department over its photo-lineup procedures that helped secure indictments in the rape case against several Duke University lacrosse players...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).