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) requiring corroboration of eyewitness identifications in some cases, especially cases
involving cross-racial identifications.
(4) mandating certain police identification procedures, such as sequential lineups.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which below standard is presently used in federal courts?
A) Right from wrong test B) Could not control his or her conduct test C) Lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct D) Lacks capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Intensive supervision (ISP) is the extensive supervision of offenders who are the greatest risk to society and/or are in need of the greatest governmental services. 2. Electronic monitoring only includes active monitoring systems. 3. The GPS tracking device allows supervising officers to place location restrictions on offenders so that certain places are off limits. 4. If an offender is on home detention, they are able to go wherever they want.
Which of the following reasons could contribute to an offender being denied probation?
a. conviction of multiple charges b. on parole at the time of he or she arrest c. using a weapon during the commission of a crime d. all of these