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Revisiting TJP's Texas Survey of Eyewitness ID Procedures

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"APD Scores Low on Police Lineup Procedures," is Jordan Smith's report in the current Austin Chronicle.  Here's an excerpt:According to a new report released by the Justice Project, the Austin Police Depart­ment "meets the minimum legal requirements" for administrating live and photographic lineups of criminal suspects ? but it "does little to ensure that its lineup procedures provide the best evidence possible in any given case." The nonprofit contacted more than 1,000 police departments across Texas requesting policies and procedures for lineups; 750 departments responded, but just 88 had any written protocols for administering lineups ? and among that group, the Justice Project found that the policies and procedures provided are "largely inadequate" and are "inconsistent across departments...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).