By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times
A Supreme Court-ordered inquiry into the federal system used by courts in 48 states to determine the reliability of eyewitness identification has been found to be "flawed and inadequate," said a New Jersey judge.
The findings, released on Monday, were made by retired state Appellate Division Judge Geoffrey Gaulkin, who was appointed to oversee the inquiry.
Gaulkin said courts should utilize the same scrutiny applied to evaluating physical evidence as they do eyewitness identifications including holding pretrial hearings to determine whether undue influence was used to make an identification. Gaulkin also recommended that jurors be told of the scientific reliability of eyewitness identifications in police lineups.
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