Perspective
Jan. 20, 2017
Study casts doubt on use of 'showups'
When police are in pursuit of a suspect matching a particular description shortly after a crime has been reported, any citizen can be detained, handcuffed and presented at a "showup." By Mitchell L. Eisen
Mitchell L. Eisen
When police are in pursuit of a suspect matching a particular description shortly after a crime has been reported, any citizen can be detained, handcuffed and shown to witnesses without any probable cause whatsoever, simply because that person happened to be in the area at that time and matched some element of the witnesses' description of the culprit. This identification procedure is referred to as a showup. The U.S. Supreme ...
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