Criminal law; eyewitness IDs

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Concern about the reliability of eyewitness testimony is discussed. According to one study, 50% of all wrongful convictions result from false identifications, and the question is what steps courts should be taking to address the problem. Among the choices are to suppress overly suggestive identifications, give special jury instructions against relying on eyewitness identification and have experts testify about this method's unreliability.

Laws, regulations and rules, Witnesses, Testimony, Identification and classification, Criminals, Instructions to juries, Jury instructions

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Criminal law; overzealous counsel

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Rulings holding criminal defense lawyers in contempt for overly zealous representation are discussed. Both state and federal courts have issued such sanctions against defense and government counsel. Insufficient evidence that the lawyers' conduct was intentional may mean appellate courts do not agree with a contempt finding.

Cases, Defense (Criminal procedure), Contempt of court

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Criminal law; stopping the clock

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Sealing indictments and indicting unknown defendants based on their DNA composition, results of the pressure of expiring statutes of limitations, are discussed. Relevant case law is discussed.

Management, Usage, Influence, DNA testing, DNA identification, Indictments, Limitation of actions (Criminal law), Statute of limitations (Criminal law)

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