How reliable are people in terms of identifying suspects in lineups, showups, and photo arrays? How would you feel going on trial on the basis of a single eyewitness who is a stranger to you with your liberty or life on the line?
What will be an ideal response?
Good answers should discuss the pretrial identification techniques of lineups, showups, and photographic and the issues related to each. The focus here is really on steps that increase reliability and whether or not they were followed. Finally, students could talk about how pretrial identifications are used at trial and the suggestibility of the defendant being the suspect in light of his or her presence in court.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
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Community participation in the justice system is not a _________ or ___________ concept
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word