http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/nj_hearings_to_resume_on_polic.html
"TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- While DNA evidence is increasingly used to exonerate prisoners across the country, defense attorneys say the way to stem wrongful convictions is to first prevent misidentifying suspects..."
This article talks about many police departments not following correct procedures when having witnesses identify possible suspects in lineups. Also, the Supreme court-ordered special inquiry is looking into new procedures to prevent false and unreliable identifications. The article mentions that more than 2/3 of the 242 DNA exonerates released were sent to prison because of false identification by witnesses. The article says that most police agencies in the nation are using a simultaneous lineup, when they should be using a sequential lineup. Many people think that a standard should be put in place to be used by police agencies across the country. I think that if a new method can be implemented to prevent future witness identifications, then it should be used. I wouldn't want to go to jail because someone mistook me for someone else in a lineup.
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