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Jan 31, 2022 · A review of wrongful convictions, many involving eyewitness testimony, has sparked some serious heart-searching as well as a slew of bills aimed at preventing faulty testimony behind them....
- "I Saw It with My Own Eyes." But Did You Really?
Inaccurate eyewitness testimony has led to the false...
- "I Saw It with My Own Eyes." But Did You Really?
May 24, 2021 · Perhaps one of the most striking examples of the flaws in eyewitness testimony is the case of Jerry Miller, who was convicted of rape, robbery and kidnapping in 1982. In the Miller case,...
- Conducting A Lineup with The Suspect in Mind
- Reinforcing What Eyewitnesses ‘Remember’
- How to Run Less Biased Lineups
Scientific best practices for conducting eyewitness lineupsrequire that the person administering the lineup not know who the police suspect. Just as double-blind clinical trials in medical studies are intended to prevent patients’ and doctors’ expectations from affecting outcomes of the clinical trial, double-blind lineups aim to prevent witnesses’...
The witnesses’ trial testimony reveals a simple explanation for these high-confidence errors: All of the eyewitnesses received confirmatory feedback following their identification of Grant. Three of the eyewitnesses reported that the detective told them that they had picked the same person other people had, though the detective himself denied havin...
The processes at play in Lydell Grant’s case are predictable and unfortunately common. The way to avoid these problems with eyewitness testimony is for police to adopt best practices based on the psychological research. In addition to implementing double-blind lineup procedures, it’s essential that lineup administrators document eyewitnesses’ confi...
- Laura Smalarz
Apr 15, 2020 · Eyewitness misidentification is a consistent and outsized contributor to wrongful convictions. Nationally, 69% of DNA exonerations — 252 out of 367 cases — have involved eyewitness misidentification, making it the leading contributing cause of these wrongful convictions.
Apr 28, 2021 · Inaccurate eyewitness testimony has led to the false convictions of hundreds of individuals. Studies have shown that the memory recall process is malleable and highly susceptible to...
Sep 16, 2021 · Eyewitness evidence is often important in criminal cases, but false or misleading eyewitness evidence is known to be a leading cause of wrongful convictions. One explanation for mistakes that juror...
Jul 7, 2017 · In light of these concerns, the National Academy of Sciences recently convened a panel of experts to undertake a comprehensive study of current practice and use of eyewitness testimony, with an eye toward understanding why identification errors occur and what can be done to prevent them.
