Moore v Madigan, No. 12-1269 (December 11, 2012)
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http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1617912.html
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1617912.html
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Make Law Schools Earn a Third Year
TODAY, leaders of the New York bar, judges and law school faculty members will gather at New York University to discuss a proposed rule change. If adopted by the state’s highest court, it could make law school far more accessible to low-income students, help the next generation of law students avoid a heavy burden of debt and lead to improvements in legal education across the United States.
By DANIEL B. RODRIGUEZ and SAMUEL ESTREICHER Published: January 17, 2013
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Supremes Missed the Boat….
It becomes obvious that the members of the Supreme Court have never tried a criminal case and the one that is closest was a prosecutor…they completely miss the point of the eyewitness argument and their recent oral argument on the subject shows a real lack of sophistication on the matter….one need look only no farther than the number of eye witness identifications that were made in convictions that were subsequently overturned by DNA evidence…Humans are not video players …we should not treat them as such….
TCB
Eyewitness Identification….
34 Years Later, Supreme Court Will Revisit Eyewitness IDs”
Adam Liptak’s story is in the New York Times:
WASHINGTON — Every year, more than 75,000 eyewitnesses identify suspects in criminal investigations. Those identifications are wrong about a third of the time, a pile of studies suggest.
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In November, the Supreme Court will return to the question of what the Constitution has to say about the use of eyewitness evidence. The last time the court took a hard look at the question was in 1977. Since then, the scientific understanding of human memory has been transformed.
Illinois Appeals & Post Convictions 
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