The Innocence Project of Texas

The Dallas Morning News reported today that:

After two years of delays, Dallas police have dropped out of a study designed to determine the best method for showing photo lineups to crime witnesses.

Instead, the department will change its policy to adopt a technique that was to be highlighted in the study. The new approach, called the sequential blind method, is regarded for reducing the number of eyewitness misidentifications.

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said Thursday that he ordered the changes because the department could wait no longer to improve its procedures.

“The study was taking way too long, and even with the results, I don’t know that it would change where we would end up,” Kunkle said. “The standard to where the department should be is a little clearer than it was a few years ago.”

To read the rest of the DMN article, click here.  To find out more about the various forms of eyewitness identification procedures and their impact on wrongful convictions please visit the Innocence Project website.

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