Friday Roundup: NJ’s Supreme Court Ruling on Eyewitness Identification has National Impact

Houston Senator Rodney Ellis is hopeful Texas judicial leaders will

review New Jersey’s ruling and establish similar procedures

to improve eyewitness identifications.

In November,

Oregon’s Supreme Court will hear arguments

in a case involving suggestive police procedures during an eyewitness identification.

Chicago Tribune editorial

highlights wrongful conviction case

—later overturned by DNA evidence—as a result of

eyewitness misidentification.

Florida law enforcement

resists recommendations to standardize

eyewitness identification procedures.