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October 20, 2012

Andy Herrick and DerekKnopp: Simple steps can prevent wrongful convictions

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On Sept. 28, Damon Thibodeaux became the 300th person exonerated

by DNA evidence after serving 15 years on death row for a murder and rape he did not commit.

These 300 exonerations expose systemic flaws in our criminal justice system, flaws that not only

lead to wrongful convictions, but also allow real perpetrators to walk free. The 300 individuals

who have been exonerated served a combined 4,013 years in prison. In nearly half of those cases,

the real perpetrators were eventually identified. At least 130 violent crimes could have been

prevented if the true perpetrator was initially arrested, instead of an innocent person.

Eyewitness misidentifications have contributed to the wrongful conviction of nearly 75 percent of

the 300 people exonerated through post-conviction DNA testing in the United States. The rate at

which eyewitnesses pick non-suspects -- the wrong person -- in a police lineup hovers around 20

percent. Simple reforms in eyewitness identification procedures can improve accuracy and lessen

the chance that a witness will identify the wrong person.

The West Virginia Legislature passed the Eyewitness Identification Act in 2007, creating a task

force to study and recommend best practices for eyewitness identification procedures. Five years

later, the task force has failed to submit a report to the Legislature.

West Virginia can take a few simple steps to make eyewitness identifications more reliable and

keep perpetrators off the streets:

• Show each line-up photo to the witness one at a time.

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A recent American Judicature Society study, conducted in actual police stations, shows that

presenting all the line-up photos at once encourages an eyewitness to pick the photo that looks

most similar to the perpetrator. The result: if the perpetrator is not in the line-up, the witness will

choose the person who looks most like the perpetrator. If that same witness is shown the pictures

one at a time, the witness compares each photo with his or her memory, rather than the photos

with one another.

• Have a neutral officer running the line-up.

More than 40 years' worth of scientific research demonstrates that eyewitnesses are often

influenced by the expectations of the officer who administers the line-up. Small police

departments across West Virginia can make sure to have a neutral line-up administrator by

following a simple practice using manila folders: the "folder shuffle method." One line-up photo

is placed in each manila folder, then the folders are shuffled and given to the eyewitness to

examine. If the officer doesn't know which photo the eyewitness is looking at, the officer can't

consciously or subconsciously influence the witness' decision. This method is easy to administer

and is cost effective for small police departments.

The need for eyewitness identification reform is

clear. With the 300th innocent person

exonerated through DNA evidence, the flaws in

our criminal justice system are on national

display. The reforms described are inexpensive,

easy to implement, and will markedly improve

law enforcement's ability to correctly identify

perpetrators of crime. We encourage the men

and women who protect and police our

communities to consider these changes -- for

the benefit of us all.

Herrick and Knopp are law students at the

West Virginia Innocence Project, a clinic at

the WVU College of Law. The Innocence

Project serves people wrongfully convicted in West Virginia by providing legal assistance and

raising public awareness about the causes of wrongful conviction.

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