Why is it that a lineup should consist of several individuals while a showup consisting of one suspect can be considered constitutional?

What will be an ideal response?


Good answers should explain the due process and Sixth Amendment requirements of lineups and the ways to reduce suggestibility in them. Students should then explain that even though lineups are better at avoiding false identifications, showups are permissible in limited circumstances immediately following a crime and a need or desire to have an immediate identification (or exoneration).

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A. manipulate B. cooperate C. negotiate D. reinforce

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Since the defense lawyer for Treacy claimed his client suffered a form of temporary insanity, which academic approach comports with that legal defense?

a. Learning theory b. Continuity theory of crime c. Causation theory d. Positivism

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Depositions are a routine part of the criminal discovery process.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In what year did the Elmira Reformatory open in Elmira, New York?

a. 1846 b. 1856 c. 1866 d. 1876

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