Comments on: Police lineups and eyewitness accuracy https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/police-lineups-and-eyewitness-accuracy/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:57:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: VicB3 https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/police-lineups-and-eyewitness-accuracy/comment-page-1/#comment-127564 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:57:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25181#comment-127564 More on the topic here:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19455_5-common-crime-fighting-tactics-statistics-say-dont-work.html

Pay attention to #3, though it’s all quite worthwhile.

]]> By: Alan K. Henderson https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/police-lineups-and-eyewitness-accuracy/comment-page-1/#comment-127536 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:52:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25181#comment-127536 Boy, Captain Renault wasn’t kidding about the usual suspects.

]]> By: gasman https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/police-lineups-and-eyewitness-accuracy/comment-page-1/#comment-127516 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:26:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=25181#comment-127516 If police lineups are worth anything, then what should happen when the ‘wrong’ guy is fingered by the victim.
Clearly nothing is done, as if this were the case, then word on the street would be that it is never worth the ten bucks to risk getting identified. Everyone in the policing and prosecuting business knows that the lineup has not one scintilla of validity, and myriad opportunity for abuse. Time for the charade to end.

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