More Than Meets The Eye
I worked for the Public Defenders office and met a client in jail for a line-up that he had adamantly demanded regarding a crime with multiple witnesses. I met the client for the first time in a separate room to let him know how it would go down and what to expect.
This is the kind of line-up you traditionally see on television where there are a number of similar looking people standing shoulder to shoulder in front of mirrored glass.
They pull the people for the line-up from the jail population and despite their best efforts this is not a huge population.
I walk in to meet the client and he has a stye on his left lower eyelid the size of a golf ball. It was the most identifiable mark on a human’s face i have ever seen.
He still demanded the line-up and was identified instantly by every single witness without a shred of doubt in their mind.
He still demanded a trial and the stye was gone by the time the trial commenced.