Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
A New Approach: Jury Instruction on the Decreased Reliability of Cross-Racial Identifications
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42545
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Grine’s assertion that an alternate approach is necessary opens with reasons why eyewitness identification is more likely to be erroneous when race is a factor, whether the identification is occurring during a suspect lineup or in a courtroom jury box. The effectiveness of her solution, jury instruction on cross-racial identification, is bolstered by court cases where racial misidentification yielded a miscarriage of justice.
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Racial identification and court system; Racial misidentification--court cases--North Carolina--Terence Garner; Racial misidentification--court cases--North Carolina--Ronald Cotton; Racial identification and DNA testing; Cross-racial identification and juries ; Cross-racial identification--risk of error--factors