A task force agreed Thursday to seek legislation that would require all Wisconsin law enforcement agencies to develop policies on police lineups. The legislation is aimed at preventing wrongful convictions like that of Steven Avery, who contends that he served 18 years in prison partly because law enforcement officials led a sexual assault victim into falsely identifying him as her attacker. Avery was freed through the efforts of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, based at the UW Law School.
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