ronald cotton,jennifer thompson,innocence project,loftus Eyewitness Testimony FAILURE

Eyewitness Testimony FAILURE

posted by berticus

3 months 3 weeks ago • 841 views

tags: ronald cotton, jennifer thompson, innocence project, loftus

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>75% of wrongful convictions are the result of (at least) false eyewitness identification.

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Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4V6aoYuDcg&feature=related

written by eric3579

| 3 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Wait wait wait... are you telling me that all those people who see UFOs, Bigfoots, Loch Ness Monsters, Jesus in a cheeto could be WRONG?!?!#?$

written by ponceleon

| 3 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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... I really hope in 20 years we don't find out that DNA evidence is baloney. REALLY.

written by Sniper007

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I despise this sort of uncritical method of investigation. I feel that the woman though raped should spend time in prison for False Accusation.

So sure, and you see why as a society we cannot trust the assumption of one person.

Scientific testing is the only way.

written by NordlichReiter

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Made me remember this clip.

Dave Chapelle on Police-Descriptions

written by campionidelmondo

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ugh...do me a favor and take everything 60 Minutes spouts off with a glass of gin

written by rottenseed

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So a quarter of the time, false testimony is correct? Cool.

written by shuac

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http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1067

Another excellent story on the same subject that's really worth a listen.

written by MrConrads

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I don't care about the general message here, but the reaction of that man being displayed in the last minutes of this video gave me hope for mankind. BIG *promote

written by rasch187