Sloppy procedures cause wrongful convictions
By Bill Moushey and Nathan Crabbe
A composite picture of the robber who hit a New Castle jewelry store in 1988 caused a local police officer to suspect a well-known miscreant named William Brothers, but a witness didn’t pick his picture out of an array. So police cobbled together another photo lineup that focused on Brothers and within days got …
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Monday, May 09, 2005
By Bill Moushey and Nathan Crabbe, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A composite picture of a robber who hit a New Castle jewelry store in 1988 caused a local police officer to suspect a well-known criminal named William Brothers.
There was only one problem. Even though the composite -- a likeness made by matching facial parts to a witness's description -- evoked Brothers in the …
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