You have heard testimony of eyewitness identification. In deciding how much weight to give to this testimony, you may consider the various factors mentioned in these instructions concerning credibility of witnesses.
In an insurance policy, an eyewitness provision requires that for the insured to collect on an accident there must be proof of the nature of the event provided by a third party eyewitness. The provision is designed to prevent fraud.
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As evidenced by the inconsistent eyewitness accounts of the shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., eyewitness identifications are generally unreliable. In addition, cross-racial misidentification, when the eyewitness is of a different race than the suspect, highlights the need to ensure the reliability of eyewitness identifications. This Note argues that Missouri should follow other Midwestern states in the adoption of procedures involving eyewitnesses. At a minimum, such procedures should include: double-blind procedures, instructions that the suspect may not be present in a lineup, ensuring that all non-suspect fillers are similar in appearance to the suspect, procedures for retrieving confidence statements, and procedures for voice or audio recordings of the identification procedures.
Called YouTube Newswire, the channel is curated by Storyful editors and displays the day's most significant eyewitness events. Journalists can subscribe to the channel's Twitter feed or daily newsletter for notifications of new videos. The channel seems more a resource for online journalists rather than broadcast journalists, since the videos are meant to be embedded in online reports, not downloaded and edited into a new video report. Editors can certainly figure out a way to download videos they need, but there's no download mechanism built into the channel.
YouTube is also helping to form a group called the First Draft Coalition which aims to create resources that help journalists verify eyewitness videos. The group will create a site devoted to verification tools, and will offer advice on the ethics of using first-person news videos.
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