Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Eyewitness ID & False Confessions
CLE Credit: Up to 14 Hours of Self-Study CLE credit, where authorized. Please confirm with your state's CLE commission to ensure this program is available for self-study CLE certification.
Program Summary: Mistaken eyewitness identifications and false and coerced confessions are two of the three leading causes of wrongful convictions; according to the Innocence Project's study of 325 exoneration's. This cannot continue. In the first half of this 2-part DVD training, you will learn how to litigate the admissibility of identifications using the latest psychological research so you can actively work on changing the law, how to work with and cross-examine experts, and try a winning case. The second half of this program will focus exclusively on false confessions; experts in the field will discuss how law enforcement interrogators coerce false confessions, while experienced trial lawyers will outline winning cross-examination techniques, trial strategies, and how to select a jury that can best accept your theory of the case.
Presentations Included:
1. Understanding the Science: Eyewitness Memory & Identification Research | Prof. Nancy Franklin
2. Using the Science in Developing & Litigating Trial Themes and Theories in ID Cases | Robert J. McWhirter
3. Preventing the State’s Perry Mason Moment: Litigating the In-Court Identification | Radha Natarajan
4. When the Identification Is Coming In: Strategies for Using Experts and Jury Instructions to Inform the Jury | Bruce E. Blumberg
5. Challenges to Your Expert, Combatting Cross-Examination and the State’s Use of an Eyewitness Identification Expert | Ilona Coleman
6. What’s Wrong With Manson? Re-Thinking the Suppression Standard in the Wake of What We Know About the Science | Alexis Agathocleous
7. Cross-Examination in Eyewitness Identification Cases | Bridget Krause
8. Interrogations & False Confessions: Conclusions from Psychological Science | Prof. Iris Blandon-Gitlin, Ph.D
9. Understanding and Litigating Common Police Interrogation Methods |Steve Drizin and Laura Nirider
10. The Not-So-False Confession: Fighting Like Hell on the Motion to Suppress | Maria Hawilo
11. Attacking the Reliability of a Confession or Witness Statement -- A Police Perspective | James Trainum
12. Strategies for Crossing the Cops in a Confession Case | Deja Vishny
13. From Confession to Acquittal: In-Depth Trial Strategies for the Confession Case | Andrew Vail and Terri Mascherin
14. Jury Selection in a False Confessions Case | Elizabeth 'Libby' Fischer
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Prices
- List Price $179.00
- Member Price $159.00