All Articles tagged witness misidentification

• New York Appeals
  May 03, 2017 EDT
  NEW YORK DISCOVERY REFORM PROPOSALS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT
  Vincent Stark

  This paper examines proponents’ claims for discovery reform with a critical eye, and concludes that their proposed reforms would not achieve their ends.

• Justice Commentaries
  May 05, 2012 EDT
  LEGAL AND SOCIAL EXONERATION: THE CONSEQUENCES OF MICHAEL TONEY‘S WRONGFUL CONVICTION
  Elizabeth S. VartkessianJared P. Tyler

  This article expands on the growing area of research into exonerees as victims of state harm by providing a case study of statements by public officials after exonerations.

• Justice Commentaries
  May 05, 2012 EDT
  THE UNPREDICTABLE JOURNEY
  Jennifer Thompson

  In this essay, the author recounts her experience misidentifying an innocent person that was later convicted for rape.

• Justice Commentaries
  March 04, 2011 EDT
  WHY AND HOW NEW YORK SHOULD ENACT MANDATORY STATEWIDE EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES
  Andrew D. Rikard

  This comment proposes that New York State, through the adoption of mandatory statewide witness identification procedures, fulfill its moral and ethical duty to protect the innocent.