Telfaire instructions

cautionary instructions read to juries in cases in which eyewitness identification may be the most critical evidence against the defendant. The instructions address issues that are suspected to lead to eyewitness misidentification and were originally proposed by the judge hearing the appeal in the case United States v. Telfaire (1972), in which the defendant had been convicted solely on the evidence of an identifying witness who was of a different race.

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December 26th 2024

institutionalized racism

differential treatment of individuals on the basis of their racial group by religious organizations, governments, businesses, the media, educational institutions, and other large social entities. Examples include discrimination in hiring, promotion, and advancement at work; restrictive housing regulations that promote segregation; unfair portrayal of minority members in newspapers and magazines; and legal statutes that restrict the civil liberties of the members of specific racial categories. A parallel phenomenon exists for sexism. Also called institutional racism.