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Work by experimental psychologists may forever change the way police gather eyewitness testimony--and help to prevent the wrong person from being indicted for a crime. ... Research psychologists have been studying the reliability of eyewitness testimony for about 20 years.
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www.apa.org/monitor/jan00/pi4.html
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Eyewitness testimony is naturally dependent upon a person’s memory — after all, whatever testimony is being reported is coming from what a person remembers. To evaluate the reliability of memory, it is once again instructive to look to the criminal justice system.
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atheism.about.com/od/parapsychology/a/eyewitness.htm
atheism.about.com/od/parapsychology/a/eyewitness.htm
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Cases - Here are some cases (1 - NY) regarding use of expert testimony regarding the reliability of eyewitness identification: Excluding such expert testimony- United States v. Smithers, 212 F.3d 306 (7th Cir.
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criminaldefense.homestead.com/eyewitnessmisidentificati...
criminaldefense.homestead.com/eyewitnessmisidentification.html
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Eyewitness identification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eyewitness identification evidence is the leading cause of wrongful conviction in the United States. Of the more than 200 people exonerated by way of DNA evidence in the US, over 75% were wrongfully ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyewitness_identification
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Wrongful Convictions and Eyewitness Testimony ... The United States Supreme Court has advised that "Reliability is the linchpin in determining the admissibility of identification testimony" Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98, 114 (1977). In Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 93 S.Ct. 375, 34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972),
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truthinjustice.org/lawstory.htm
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A CBS News Poll, conducted for the 48 Hours broadcast Eyewitness, found that when comparing the reliability of eyewitness testimony to physical evidence, however, more people put faith in physical evidence, such as a weapon or blood.
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www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/07/48hours/main13347.sh...
www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/07/48hours/main13347.shtml
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Eyewitness testimony, which relies on the accuracy of human memory, has an enormous impact on the outcome of a trial. Aside from smoking pistol, nothing carries as much weight with a jury as the testimony of an actual witness.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/photos/eye/t...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/photos/eye/text_06.html
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Canada and International News ... WINNIPEG (CP) - For nearly 11 years after her world was shattered by rape, Jennifer Thompson's one small comfort was that her unwavering eyewitness testimony had sent her attacker to jail for life.
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cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/10/20/1271475-cp.html
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In Harris, the Court of Appeals applied this standard and concluded that a trial court did not err in excluding expert testimony on eyewitness reliability where the enumerated factors were not present and the eyewitness testimony was corroborated by other evidence.
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www.forensic-evidence.com/site/Behv_Evid/expert_Lester....
www.forensic-evidence.com/site/Behv_Evid/expert_Lester.html
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