Criminal Law and Procedure columnist Barry Kamins reviews the new best practices for identification procedures by witnesses, which reflect the results of substantial scientific research in the area of ...

Police in the United States investigate millions of crimes each year. 1 Only a small percentage of the police-investigated crimes involve the use of police-arranged identification procedures.

Witness misidentifications, often caused by police misconduct, lead to wrongful convictions. Courts assess whether identification procedures were unnecessarily suggestive and reliable. While police ...