According to the Innocence Project, eyewitness testimony played a role in convicting 70 percent of the prisoners who were later cleared by DNA evidence. The Innocence Project’s website proposes best practices (video:https://youtu.be/xjabkaanCAA); to help stop misidentification of subjects in police line-ups.
Based on what you read in the text about how memory works and how false memories can be formed, do you think these best practices (video:https://youtu.be/xjabkaanCAA) would help reduce false identifications? Give your answer in your initial discussion post and explain why or why not. Can you think of other suggestions that would reduce false identification?
