Georgia council changes eyewitness rules
A key Georgia council has changed its eyewitness identification rules in response to the exonerations of seven Georgia inmates by DNA evidence over the past decade.The Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council has voted to require a range of police officers to get intense instruction on new eyewitness identification standards.
The Justice Department today announced that on Tuesday, July 15, 2008, it will monitor elections in the Georgia counties of Coffee, Dougherty and Long to ensure compliance with federal voting rights statutes.