Examine the reforms that legal experts suggest courts can implement to improve eyewitness identification reliability
What will be an ideal response?
The following are reforms that legal experts suggest courts can implement to improve eyewitness identification reliability:
(1) a per se rule excluding all evidence that was gathered using suggestive identification procedures
(2) looser standards for admitting expert testimony on human perception and memory and the problems with eyewitness identifications
(3) a requirement for corroboration of eyewitness identifications in some cases, especially cases involving cross-racial identifications
(4) mandated use of certain police identification procedures, such as sequential lineups
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a. Women's liberation b. Radical feminism c. Socialist feminism d. Marxist feminism
What led Freddie Gray to be in police custody at the time of the highly publicized incident?
a. possession of an illegal switchblade knife per the city criminal code b. arrest as a result of a domestic violence incident c. disorderly conduct d. possession of marijuana while on probation
Discuss the changes the court has made with regard to the interpretation of the term "man of reasonable caution.". Do you agree with these changes? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The Mexican Mafia id well known for their ___________ against others
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word