CBS aired a piece last night about NCIP exoneree Maurice Caldwell and the need for law enforcement to use best practices in their eyewitness identification procedures. This could help reduce the number of wrongful convictions like Maurice’s. To watch the…
 Fingerprint analysis, once thought of as a gold standard of forensic science, is coming under increasing scrutiny by scientific experts. In 2004, neuroscientist Itiel Dror studied the process of fingerprint analysis. Dror argues that even competent experts can be swayed…
Join NCIP at our May 9th Breakfast Briefing about Eyewitness Identification Reforms. A distinguished panel of law enforcement officers and prosecutors will discuss best practices and reform efforts in California. Don’t miss this important discussion! Register here: http://bit.ly/Jf7yVH www.ncip.scu.edu
In the aftermath of the wrongful rape conviction of Joe Jones and the mounting evidence that eyewitness misidentification is a widespread cause of wrongful conviction, the Topeka Police Department has instituted new policies for eyewitness identification. “Eyewitness identification has for…
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office Crime Laboratory was awarded “International” status by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB). The ASCLD/LAB is one of only two laboratory accrediting bodies in the United States and the…
