A growing number of police departments are getting sued over how they conduct lineups, with some lawyers claiming that flawed procedures are landing too many innocent people behind bars.
At issue is whether witnesses are being prodded by police when picking a suspect from a lineup, and how the suspects are portrayed-grouped together, or one at a time, which is the defense bar’s method of choice.
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