Friday, April 18, 2014

US legal system shifts away from treating eyewitness testimony as 'gold standard' of evidence | Fox News

US legal system shifts away from treating eyewitness testimony as 'gold standard' of evidence | Fox News: "Courts and legislatures are slowly shifting away from using eyewitness testimony as the gold standard of evidence. The reason: Studies show it's only right about half the time.

That has led a small group of police chiefs, courts and lawmakers to toughen laws governing the handling of eyewitnesses and their accounts of crimes. Reform advocates say procedures long regarded as solid police work can fundamentally alter what someone believes they saw."

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