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Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures and the Supreme Court's reliability test in light of eyewitness science: 30 years later
2009
Law and Human Behavior
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling concerning suggestive eyewitness identification procedures (Manson v. Braithwaite, 1977, 432 U.S. 98) has not been revisited by the Court in the intervening 30+ years. Meanwhile, scientific studies of eyewitnesses have progressed and DNA exonerations show that mistaken identification is the primary cause of convictions of the innocent. We analyzed the two-inquiry logic in Manson in light of eyewitness science. Several problems are discussed. Ironically, we note
doi:10.1007/s10979-008-9130-3
pmid:18302010
fatcat:42yteno62jhkhjllpenedkw2qq