Eyewitness Identification in the United States
Eyewitness Identification
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATIONEyewitness identification can be powerful evidence in a criminal prosecution. Yet an identification can easily be wrong, whether made soon after the crime or in court. Because identifications can have a potentially devastating impact and are of questionable reliability,
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