NEW YORK — The classic courtroom scene of a witness confidently identifying an attacker by pointing toward the defendant is a moment that can make a powerful impression on a jury. But it is an ...

A judge's failure to give a jury instruction on the uncertainties of cross-racial identification is cause for granting a new trial for a black man convicted of robbing a white one, a state appeals ...

This post was co-authored with Josefina (Josi) Bañales. Josi is an expert on adolescents’ critical racial consciousness development, or youths’ development of beliefs, feelings, and actions toward ...