Add to ORKGThis Article will first explore the problem of wrongful convictions resulting in part from false informant testimony. Eyewitness exoneration has gotten considerable attention by the courts. False informant testimony exoneration has gotten less attention than other causes of exoneration. We will argue for the use of expert witnesses to assist the juries. We will explore the acceptance of expert witnesses in eyewitness identification cases. It will be our main argument that a similar approach of utilizing expert witnesses should be taken with regard to informant testimony. We will then examine the acceptance of expert testimony regarding informants using the state of Connecticut as an example. Finally, we will explore the value of the expe...
Informants are an integral part of the American criminal justice system. However, relatively little ...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
This paper will illustrate how the problem of wrongful convictions based on mistaken identifications...
This Article will first explore the problem of wrongful convictions resulting in part from false inf...
Informants are witnesses who often testify in exchange for an incentive (i.e. jailhouse informant, c...
In this article, I argue that the new focus on the risks of spurious expertise compels attention t...
Fabricated testimony by informants often plays an important role in convictions of the innocent. In ...
The article first summarizes the possible sources of error found in eyewitness testimony according t...
Although courts and scholars have long recognized the weaknesses of eyewitness testimony, the legal ...
Commentators who have examined the DNA exonerations have noted the disturbing role that prosecutors ...
Courts treat self-incriminating statements by criminal informants as a significant factor favoring t...
A trial court must find that the proponent of expert witness testimony has set forth adequate eviden...
An incentivized informant scandal recently hit Orange County, California where county officials were...
In the infancy of the jury trial, there were no witnesses. The jury was self-informing. Members of t...
Since DNA testing became available in the late 1980’s, there have been approximately 285 DNA exonera...
Informants are an integral part of the American criminal justice system. However, relatively little ...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
This paper will illustrate how the problem of wrongful convictions based on mistaken identifications...
This Article will first explore the problem of wrongful convictions resulting in part from false inf...
Informants are witnesses who often testify in exchange for an incentive (i.e. jailhouse informant, c...
In this article, I argue that the new focus on the risks of spurious expertise compels attention t...
Fabricated testimony by informants often plays an important role in convictions of the innocent. In ...
The article first summarizes the possible sources of error found in eyewitness testimony according t...
Although courts and scholars have long recognized the weaknesses of eyewitness testimony, the legal ...
Commentators who have examined the DNA exonerations have noted the disturbing role that prosecutors ...
Courts treat self-incriminating statements by criminal informants as a significant factor favoring t...
A trial court must find that the proponent of expert witness testimony has set forth adequate eviden...
An incentivized informant scandal recently hit Orange County, California where county officials were...
In the infancy of the jury trial, there were no witnesses. The jury was self-informing. Members of t...
Since DNA testing became available in the late 1980’s, there have been approximately 285 DNA exonera...
Informants are an integral part of the American criminal justice system. However, relatively little ...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
This paper will illustrate how the problem of wrongful convictions based on mistaken identifications...