Criminal
Feb. 22, 2013
Assemblyman introduces bill on eyewitness IDs
San Francisco Assemblymember Tom Ammiano proposed a piece of legislation Wednesday addressing an issue that has frustrated defense lawyers and innocence activists for years: false eyewitness identification.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano proposed a piece of legislation Wednesday addressing an issue that has for years frustrated defense lawyers and activists fighting wrongful convictions: false eyewitness identification.
The Innocence Project, a national nonprofit legal clinic, reports that eyewitness misidentification plays "a role in nearly 75 percent of convictions overturned through DNA ...
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