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Eyewitness ID reform legislative updates

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

In a move that has drawn scant little press, North Carolina earlier this month began requiring “independent administrators” to run lineups there. “The law also requires the lineup to have fillers — people who are not suspects in the crime that look like the suspect.” The new law also lays out a couple of additional procedures that address the desires of potentially “over helpful” witnesses. “Before photo lineups are presented in order, witnesses are told: *That the lineup may not contain the suspect, *That the independent lineup administrator does not know the suspect’s identity, *That witnesses should not feel like they must make an identification, and *That investigation continues whether an identification is made or not...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on March 24, 2008 (boomark / email).