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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 Deputy Attorney General Lori Linskey
The Case That Started the Snow Ball State v. Cromedy, 158 N.J. 112 (1999). How Mad Was the New Jersey Judiciary?
U.S. Department of Justice Guidelines released in October 1999 Numerous DNA Exoneration Cases
New Jersey Judiciary Considering Changes that Would Limit the Use of Eyewitness Evidence in Cases with an Absence of Corroborating Physical Evidence
Step One…Presenting Sequential/Double Blind to Prosecutors Fasten Your Seat Belts…It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride
Turning Points • New Jersey Prosecutors/AG Were Witnesses • Racial Profiling - Public Confidence in Law Enforcement Shaken • Concern for Public • Concern for Law Enforcement
BEST PRACTICES • Big Debates Over Format • MANDATORY • GUIDELINES • SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
Guidelines Signed April 2001 Effective Date October 2001Now What?
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
3 Years Later... The Sky Did Not Fall No Court Decisions Yet Working Well