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Article • May 15, 2024 • from CLN May, 2024
New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Extension of Eyewitness Identification Safeguards of Henderson to Pretrial Preparation Sessions and Provides Framework for Showing Photos During Pretrial Phase by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously extended the investigative eyewitness identification safeguards of State v. Henderson, 27 A.3d …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
Interactive Lineups Are a Promising New Tool to Improve Accuracy of Suspect Identification by Eyewitnesses by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Wrongful convictions are a troubling aspect of the criminal justice system in the United States. Most experts estimate the rate of falsely convicted prisoners to be between …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Police Sketch Bot Arrives by Carlo Difundo by Carlos Difundo It is one of those things that seems to be a great idea at first. Once in place though, it becomes something very different. That happened when two coders created Forensic Sketch AI-rtist. The tool was simple enough given the …
Article • December 15, 2020 • from CLN January, 2021
Michigan Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction Due to Unreliable, Suggestive Showup by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Michigan held that a showup identification of the alleged shooter in a murder case was impermissibly suggestive and unreliable. Because the prosecution’s case was “significantly less persuasive” without the …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Missouri Supreme Court: Circuit Court Erred in Excluding Expert Witness Testimony Regarding Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Missouri held that a circuit court erred when it excluded testimony from Kane Carpenter’s expert witness relating to the accuracy of witness identifications. In …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Settlement Agreement, Wrongful Conviction, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS This Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between Plaintiff Andrew Wilson ("Plaintiff'), on the one hand, and Defendant County of Los Angeles …
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
From Detroit: How Not to Use Facial Recognition in Policing by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A June 24, 2020, article in The New York Times by Kashmir Hill recounts the wrongful imprisonment of a Detroit man due to misuse of facial-recognition software. In January 2020, Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was …
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
In the Criminal Justice System, Big Brother Gets Bigger Every Day by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a report by sciencefriday.com, one in every two American adults is in a law enforcement facial recognition network. Most adults have unwittingly consented to the release of their photos that they …
Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019
Shooting of Seven-Year-Old Girl in Houston Highlights Problems With Eyewitness Identification by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The fatal shooting of a 7-year-old black girl who was riding in a car on a Houston highway, along with her mother and three sisters, is a tragedy that starkly illustrates the problems …
Article • November 28, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018
Eyewitness (Mis)Identification in the Criminal Justice System: Powerful, Persuasive, and Problematic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis “Our procedure has always been haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted.” —Judge Learned Hand (1923) “Truth isn’t truth.” —Rudy Giuliani (2018)  In 1984, Ronald Cotton was arrested and charged with …
Article • September 24, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Counsel’s Failure to Challenge ‘Stark Contrasts’ in Witness ID and Defendant’s Appearance Constituted IAC by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Counsel’s failure to challenge the “stark contrasts” between witness descriptions of a suspect and the defendant clearly affected the jury’s conclusion, the Supreme Court of Louisiana …
Jones v. State of Kansas, KS, Petition, Doppelganger Exoneree, 2018 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF KANSAS, JOHNSON COUNTY In the matter of the wrongful conviction of RICHARD JONES ) ) ) ) ) ) PETITION FOR CERTIFICATE OF INNOCENCE PURSUANT TO 2018 Kansas Laws Ch. 108 (H.B. 2579) …
Wilson v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2018 se 2:18-cv-05775-KS Document 1 Filed 07/01/18 Page 1 of 75 Page ID # :1 1 BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 Email: blitt@.kmbllaw.com 2 RONALD . KA YE, SBN 145051 Email: rok~kmbllaw.com 3 KEVIN J. aHUE, SBN 237556 KA YE, …
Article • June 18, 2018
The Dominant Witness Theory: How Eyewitness Identification Becomes Flawed by Brian Leslie by Brian Leslie Eyewitness interviews are a vital part of any criminal investigation. How police approach, question, and vet witnesses can be a critical factor in why they target a specific suspect. The truth is many police agencies, …
Article • May 23, 2018
Eyewitness Sketches Provide ‘Stormy’ Results, Can Lead to False Convictions by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Stephanie Clifford, the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels, has set off a flood of media coverage on her claims of having a sexual relationship with President Donald Trump and the subsequent non-disclosure …
Article • April 19, 2018 • from CLN May, 2018
Arizona Supreme Court Announces Defendants May Claim Both Self-Defense and Misidentification by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of Arizona announced that a defendant is entitled to a self-defense jury instruction while simultaneously claiming a misidentification defense (he or she did not, in fact, commit the offense). In …
Brief • April 6, 2018
Trulove v. D'Amico et al., CA, Police Framed Murder - verdict 2018 Case 4:16-cv-00050-YGR Document 523 Filed 04/06/18 Page 1 of 3 Case 4:16-cv-00050-YGR Document 523 Filed 04/06/18 Page 2 of 3 Case 4:16-cv-00050-YGR Document 523 Filed 04/06/18 Page 3 of 3