On the strength of six eyewitnesses’ lineup identifications, Lydell Grant was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for the murder of a young Texas man, Aaron Scheerhoorn, who was stabbed to death ...

A common Psych101 exercise involves a rendition of pennies on a slide. Only one is the real penny; the others have various mistakes like the wrong wording or tweaks to Abe Lincoln profile that make it ...

The court left it to trial judges (and the advocates before them) to work out which cases warrant an expert, and how to deal with expert testimony at trial. While it is likely the rare case that will ...

Picture this: You are walking home alone. It’s dark, and you feel like someone is watching you. Suddenly someone comes around the corner and threatens you, taking your things. It all happens in a ...

Eyewitness identification can be one of the more powerful forms of evidence in trials, but it can also be one of the least accurate. WGBH's Morning Edition Host Joe Mathieu spoke with Northeastern ...

BOSTON (AP) – Zachary Sevigny was slashed with a box cutter by a stranger outside a convenience store in 2011. Neither Sevigny nor his friend identified Jeremy Gomes as the attacker when shown his ...

Citing the vagaries of human memory and a host of other factors, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday changed the rules for trial judges and juries considering eyewitness identification of suspects in ...

A man who was wrongfully convicted expressed concern over findings by 10 Investigates that some law enforcement agencies are not following a law meant to make eyewitness identification convictions ...

Most police agencies have no written policy for conducting lineups or administering photo displays Flaws in eyewitness identification called single greatest cause of wrongful convictions Eyewitness ...

Reporting from Sacramento — Ricardo Aguilera identified a teenager with a bald fade haircut and a mustache as the drive-by shooter who fired a bullet into the back of his head. He picked the potential ...

Former United States Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. wrote in a dissenting opinion nearly 35 years ago, “There is almost nothing more convincing than a live human being who takes the ...

The accurate identification of the perpetrators of crimes presents a critical psychological problem for law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Much research has shown that the single ...