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Friday Roundup: False Confessions and Misidentifications
Posted: November 4, 2011 6:05 pm
A retired Washington, D.C. police detective discussed his role this week in the false confession of a pregnant homeless woman.
The Florida Innocence Commission recently voted in favor of making interrogation recordings mandatory.
California’s moratorium on the death penalty will likely extend into 2013.
We reported earlier this week on the arguments about eyewitness identification before the U.S. Supreme Court in
Perry v. New Hampshire. Read coverage and commentary on the case:
International Business Times: Supreme Court Examines Eyewitness Identification (11/2/11)
Huffington Post: Eyewitnesses and the Constitution (11/2/11)
The Week: Is Eyeitness Testimony Too Unreliable to Trust? (11/4/11)