Eyewitness testimony is often thought of as the best and most reliable evidence presented during a criminal trial. Thirty years ago, Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. wrote: “There is almost nothing more convincing than a live human being who takes the stand, points a finger at the defendant, and says, ‘That’s the one!’”
However, following the publication of hundreds of scholarly studies examining eyewitness identification this widely accepted form of evidence is being called into question.
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