{"id":3521,"date":"2015-11-14T02:33:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T07:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2023-08-10T04:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T08:16:47","slug":"67-showups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/?p=3521","title":{"rendered":"67. Showups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3837\" src=\"https:\/\/lawcomic.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pt05pg67-1.png\" alt=\"At least 70% of eyewitness identifications are 'showups' -- the police find someone resembling the witness's description, and bring him right there to the witness on the street. 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