In its final report released last week, the Florida Innocence Commission addressed the issues of eyewitness misidentification, false confessions and the lack of evidence preservation, among other mishaps that can wrongfully convict innocent people. Among the recommendations:
• Having photos be shown to a witness one at a time, instead of a “six-pack” lineup, and shown by someone who does not know which photo is the suspect.
• A law requiring police to record all in-custody interrogations.
• Letting juries know when a witness in a trial is a jailhouse informant to be rewarded with a shorter sentence for testifying.
All are solid reforms, but without adequate financial support to the courts all of the commission’s work will end up on a shelf, reported the Miami Herald.
To read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/05/2880818/justice-denied-in-cash-strapped.html
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