tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402604.post116310243987137993..comments2023-12-31T00:29:55.808-06:00Comments on CaptainOrange: Waiting in line... and waitingcaptainorangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533409447527050625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402604.post-1163634925137406062006-11-15T17:55:00.000-06:002006-11-15T17:55:00.000-06:00In a small but growing number of jurisdictions, th...In a small but growing number of jurisdictions, the traditional lineup is undergoing a makeover. Armed with academic studies, defense lawyers and university researchers say the current system, which confronts witnesses with several potential suspects at once, is rigged against the innocent.<BR/>"Witnesses compare one person to another in the lineup, they decide who looks most like the perpetrator, and then they decide that must be the perpetrator," says Gary Wells, an Iowa State University psychology professor and a leading reform advocate. "That seems like a reasonable thing to do. The problem is if the real perpetrator is not in the lineup, there's still somebody who looks more like the perpetrator than the others. That somebody is at great risk."and then the_doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648947724821535410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402604.post-1163110695359887102006-11-09T16:18:00.000-06:002006-11-09T16:18:00.000-06:00Standing in line is what seperates us from the ani...Standing in line is what seperates us from the animals.<BR/><BR/>Except maybe penguins. I know they like to dive in the water and slide down snowy hills... maybe they line up for that?rainswepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165059567790555748noreply@blogger.com