U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 13, 2012
Standard for eyewitness testimony untouched by high court
Undeterred by voluminous research critical of eyewitness identifications, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 against creating new safeguards to assure the reliability of eyewitness testimony.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - Undeterred by voluminous research critical of eyewitness identifications, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Wednesday against creating new due-process safeguards to assure the reliability of eyewitness testimony before it's put before a jury.
The court did not extend judicial inquiry into the dependability of identifications made amid suggestive circumstances beyond those deliberate...
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