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New Jersey’s Path to Sequential/Double Blind ID’s

New Jersey’s Path to Sequential/Double Blind ID’s. Deputy Attorney General Lori Linskey. The Garden State’s Law Enforcement Community. The Case That Started the Snow Ball State v. Cromedy , 158 N.J. 112 (1999). How Mad Was the New Jersey Judiciary?.

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New Jersey’s Path to Sequential/Double Blind ID’s

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  1. New Jersey’s Path to Sequential/Double Blind ID’s Deputy Attorney General Lori Linskey

  2. The Garden State’s Law Enforcement Community

  3. The Case That Started the Snow Ball State v. Cromedy, 158 N.J. 112 (1999). How Mad Was the New Jersey Judiciary?

  4. U.S. Department of Justice Guidelines released in October 1999 Numerous DNA Exoneration Cases

  5. New Jersey Judiciary Considering Changes that Would Limit the Use of Eyewitness Evidence in Cases with an Absence of Corroborating Physical Evidence

  6. Step One…Presenting Sequential/Double Blind to Prosecutors Fasten Your Seat Belts…It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride

  7. Turning Points • New Jersey Prosecutors/AG Were Witnesses • Racial Profiling - Public Confidence in Law Enforcement Shaken • Concern for Public • Concern for Law Enforcement

  8. BEST PRACTICES • Big Debates Over Format • MANDATORY • GUIDELINES • SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

  9. Guidelines Signed April 2001 Effective Date October 2001Now What?

  10. TRAINING • FISCAL CRISIS - NO $$$ • TRAIN THE TRAINER • LAWYERS & COPS • DID IT WORK? YES!! • COULD WE HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB? YES!!!!!!!!!! Just Ask Chief King & Sgt. Riley

  11. 3 Years Later... The Sky Did Not Fall No Court Decisions Yet Working Well

  12. SURVEY

  13. Where Did You Find Your Administrator?

  14. Difficulties w/Independent Administrator

  15. Confidence In Using Independent Administrator

  16. Implementation of Sequential

  17. Difficulties Implementing Sequential ID’s

  18. Increase or Decrease in Positive ID’s w/Sequential

  19. Confidence w/Sequential ID’s

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