Category Archives: Criminal Defense
NJ Supreme Court: Under current system, in-court eyewitness identifications are unreliable and fail to deter police misconduct
Today, in a unanimous ruling, New Jersey’s highest court ordered changes to the way eyewitness identifications are used in court, saying “the current system is not reliable enough, fails to deter police misconduct and overstates jurors’ ability to evaluate the evidence.” According to the Associated Press, the court has required that a system be developed “to better […]
