Identification parade. Procedure under PACE Code D, Annex B.
Wrong Dog
$WRONG
You were told nothing but a dog, and you will still find him. That is what makes the parade worthless.
1. The description
Description as first givena dog
2. The parade
at least eight people who, so far as possible, resemble the suspect in age, height, general appearance and position in lifePACE Code D, Annex B 9
The one you saw may, or may not, be present.Annex B 16
1Warren Remedy
indicate 1
2Slumber
indicate 2
3Choo-tai of Egham
indicate 3
4Conejo Wycollar Boy
indicate 4
5Sabine Rarebit
indicate 5
6not recorded
indicate 6
7Haymarket Faultless
indicate 7
8Matford Vic
indicate 8
9Boxwood Barkentine
indicate 9
Inspected 0 / 9
Sources
- Visual identification of dogs is unreliable even among professionals. Shelter staff matched DNA breed results only 27% of the time.Olson, Levy, Norby and Crandall, The Veterinary Journal 206(2), 2015
- 75% of overturned convictions began with an identification.Innocence Project, In Focus: Eyewitness Misidentification
- Balestrero was picked out of a lineup. He settled for 7,000.The Wrong Man, Warner Bros., 1956