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

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?

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 2001 Now 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

SURVEY

Where Did You Find Your Administrator?

Difficulties w/Independent Administrator

Confidence In Using Independent Administrator

Implementation of Sequential

Difficulties Implementing Sequential ID’s

Increase or Decrease in Positive ID’s w/Sequential

Confidence w/Sequential ID’s