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Is your local police department conducting fair lineups?
Posted: June 15, 2007 5:15 pm
Eyewitness misidentification is the leading cause of wrongful conviction, and Iowa State Professor Gary Wells has studied the issue for three decades. In an article published this week on the website of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Wells writes guidelines for local reporters and activists to question whether their local law enforcement agency has enacted important identification reforms based on solid scientific research.
Click here to read the article. (Nieman Watchdog, Harvard University, 6/12/07)
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