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The problem of mistaken identity has been a recurrent problem in the dispensation of criminal justice since the trial of Adolph Beck.
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The problem of mistaken identity has been a recurrent problem in the dispensation of criminal justice since the trial of Adolph Beck. Beck was convicted twice in 1896 and 1904 on the evidence of mistaken identity and doubly pardoned1. The mistaken identity of Beck led to the setting up of a committee of inquiry, the report of which in 1905 led to the establishment of the Court of Criminal Appeal. Two other cases of mistaken identity which led to the prosecution and exoneration of Luke Clement Dougherty and Lazlo Virag led to the setting up of the departmental committee on evidence of identification in criminal cases on 1 May 1974 under the chairmanship of Lord Devlin. In a report2 published on 26 April 1976, the committee made several recommendations on the various means of identification. The recommendations were followed by the court of Appeal in R V. Turnbull3 where the...
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