According to some scientific studies, what a person believes he is seeing during a high-stress situation—such as a shooting or robbery—may not be accurate. Increasingly, defense lawyers are asking judges to allow juries to hear expert witnesses explain such studies in an attempt to discredit eyewitness testimony.
Johnnie Jones was left paralyzed after getting robbed and shot late one night in New Haven in 2009.
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