Eyewitness Testimony Part IV: Reducing the Rate of Wrongful Convictions

In Part IV of his series of related posts, JLPP’s Greg Renick discusses whether the Biggers five-factor approach to weighing the credibility of eyewitnesses violates due process.

Eyewitness Testimony Part III: Reducing the Rate of Wrongful Conviction

In Part III of his series of related posts, JLPP’s Greg Renick analyzes empirical research that tends to call for a reform of the Biggers five-factor approach to weighing the credibility of eyewitnesses.

Eyewitness Testimony Part II: Reducing the Rate of Wrongful Convictions

In Part II of a series of related posts, Greg Renick analyzes empirical research that supports a reform of the Biggers five-factor approach to weighing the credibility of eyewitnesses.

Eyewitness Testimony Part I: Reducing the Rate of Wrongful Convictions

In Part I of a series of related posts, Greg Renick gives his take on the problem of faulty eyewitness testimony and the rate of wrongful imprisonment in the United States.

Is Shaving Someone’s Beard Really a Hate Crime?

JLPP’s Greg Renick looks at how the recent Amish beard trimming scandal represents a teachable moment for our understanding of federal hate-crime laws.