Exam 10: Lineups and Other Pretrial Identification Procedures

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Discuss current concerns regarding the potential abuses of the national DNA database.Is the value of the evidence obtained from DNA worth the potential invasions of privacy and erosions of civil liberties such databases might facilitate? Provide support for your argument.

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Some current concerns regarding the potential abuses of the national DNA database are based on the concerns about the skill of technicians who conduct the tests and the validity of their interpretations,and challenges that such a databank is a violation of the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The value of the evidence obtained from DNA is worth the potential invasions of privacy and erosions of civil liberties such databases might facilitate,as long as such databases are filled with the DNA information of only defendants in criminal cases.

An identification procedure involving a number of individuals of similar appearance being displayed to a victim or witness is called a/an ________.

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According to the Wade-Gilbert rule,if the suspect cannot afford a lawyer,the

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Photographic identification does not involve any unreasonable search and seizure because no search or seizure takes place,as long as the photographs are obtained

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In a courtroom situation,DNA testing functions to

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Select one of the three procedures for pretrial identification: lineup,showup,and photographic identification.Discuss the applicability of due process,the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures,the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination,and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in relation to that procedure.Provide an example.

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__________constitutional rights are often invoked by suspects during each of the pretrial identification stages.

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Which of the following rights applies to lineups,showups,and photographic displays?

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Which of the following procedures would violate a suspect's privilege against self-incrimination?

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Taking a hair sample is not considered a violation of a suspect's right to privacy.

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Which of the following rights at identification procedures is dependent upon whether or not the suspect has been formally charged or subjected to adversary judicial proceedings?

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An identification through a lineup composed using the Eyewitness Identification Guidelines from the U.S.Department of Justice may have stronger ________value than one obtained without these procedures.

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With the frequent use of lineups,standards and guidelines are the same from state to state.

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Like DNA evidence,most courts admit the results of polygraph tests in both civil or criminal proceedings.

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__________recognition technology is a way of identifying suspects by comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.

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The totality of the circumstances test is used to determine if a pretrial identification procedure has violated which right?

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Facial recognition technology is a way of identifying suspects by comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.

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Given current skepticism about the reliability of eyewitness evidence,the pressure is on for police departments and prosecutors to ensure that identification procedures are

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What is the current position of the U.S.Supreme Court on the reliability and admissibility of polygraph evidence? Do you think polygraph evidence should be admissible in court? Why or why not? Explain your position.

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A suspect has a Sixth Amendment right to an attorney at a lineup only if the lineup occurs after the commencement of ________proceedings.

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