Vagaries of memory mean eyewitness testimony isn't perfect
- Written by The Conversation USA
Police often rely on witnesses to finger the right guy, but eyewitnesses are far from perfect.Lineup image via www.shutterstock.com.Twenty eyewitnesses testified before the grand jury investigating the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. None of these accounts is fully consistent with any other. Moreover, eyewitnesses even gave...
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