[jiggyboy]

I had somebody try to tell me that the "lineup" as described is legit because she accused three people but there were ~46 in the team photos, therefore as a matter of definition she was in fact shown 43 pictures of people who were not suspects, so what's the problem?

I wonder if this will be Nifong's argument.

[Mongeaux]

I had somebody try to tell me that the "lineup" as described is legit because she accused three people but there were ~46 in the team photos, therefore as a matter of definition she was in fact shown 43 pictures of people who were not suspects, so what's the problem?

Well, the victim is supposed to be shown pictures of people who are NOT suspects mixed in with the pictures the students - all of whom were potential suspects. That way she cannot pick three at random and claim "They did it" and have those three face legal sanction. If there were a bunch of pictures of cops, for example, mixed in - she would have a 50/50 chance of picking a cop instead of a student on each pic. If she did, you'd know she was lying.