Eyewitness Identification - A Police Perspective - Kenneth Patenaude Ret

The importance of eyewitness identification cannot be overstated. It has been the primary piece of evidence used in trials across the country for over a century. There is nothing more compelling to a jury than a victim or a witness pointing to the defendant and telling all those present that the individual sitting at the defense table committed the crime. However, since the advent of DNA technology in the late 1980's, there have been 280 exonerations to date of persons previously convicted in criminal..