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Six eyewitnesses misidentified a murderer – here's what went wrong in the lineup

  • Written by Laura Smalarz, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
imageResearch shows how to make lineups more fair and less biased.EvgeniyShkolenko/iStock via Getty Images Plus

On the strength of six eyewitnesses’ lineup identifications, Lydell Grant was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for the murder of a young Texas man, Aaron Scheerhoorn, who was stabbed to death outside a Houston nightclub in 2010.

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