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Jurors must get briefing on IDs in testimony

By Ken Kobayashi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 04, 2012

~~<p>Since the 1970s the Hawaii Supreme Court has allowed state judges to decide whether to instruct juries on how to evaluate a witness's testimony identifying a defendant as the perpetrator.</p>
<p>But since then studies have shown that false identification by witnesses happens more often than previously believed.</p>
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Since the 1970s the Hawaii Supreme Court has allowed state judges to decide whether to instruct juries on how to evaluate a witness's testimony identifying a defendant as the perpetrator.

But since then studies have shown that false identification by witnesses happens more often than previously believed. Login for more...



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