PA SB368

Establishes mandatory procedures for eyewitness identification in Pennsylvania, requiring law enforcement to use "blind lineups" where the administrator does not know the suspect's identity, with at least five fillers per lineup

Requires administrators to document the eyewitness's description of the perpetrator before lineups and to provide specific pre-lineup instructions, including that the perpetrator may not be present and the witness should not feel compelled to make an identification

Mandates that all identification procedures be recorded via audio or audiovisual means, with immediate documentation of the witness's confidence level in their own words after any identification

Authorizes courts to instruct juries on how compliance or non-compliance with these procedures may affect identification reliability, and requires instruction that non-compliance is reason to view the evidence with caution

Directs Pennsylvania State Police and Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission to establish a comprehensive training program on eyewitness identification, developed with input from prosecutors, innocence projects, and defense attorneys