The Case for Eyewitness Identification Reform

The Case for Eyewitness Identification Reform is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 lays out the existing eyewitness identification practice in most jurisdictions.Chapter 2 sets forth the law governing eyewitness identification admissibility, as embodied primarily by Manson v. Brathwaite, and how juries are instructed regarding eyewitness identification evidence that is admitted at trial, as embodied primarily by Telfaire v. United States.Chapter 3 lays out what we currently know about memory