tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post478962419123767930..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: The Trouble with Eyewitness TestimonyJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-77164785311546111682012-11-01T17:38:21.230-04:002012-11-01T17:38:21.230-04:00Very important discussion!!!!
Like you, I would n...Very important discussion!!!!<br /><br />Like you, I would not convict on eyewitness testimony. I don't think it should be used except perhaps in limited ways -- as when the person is known to the victim and even then there can be various problems.<br /><br />One point no one has discussed today is twins having the same DNA. I've become more and more concerned about that: There have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28886681690001311462012-11-01T13:40:19.825-04:002012-11-01T13:40:19.825-04:00I am amazed at the amount of thought and research ...I am amazed at the amount of thought and research you clearly show your readers in these blogs. Thelma Straw in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-74260512875631108842012-10-31T18:33:18.035-04:002012-10-31T18:33:18.035-04:00By "certainly not when it comes to strangers&...By "certainly not when it comes to strangers", I mean when the eyewitness has never seen the supposed perpetrator before. It's another matter if the eyewitness saw his classmate from two seats over murder a professor, say. The classic demonstration of that comes in a psych or law course where the professor has arranged for someone to burst in, angrily accuse him of something, and JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-616407754462526512012-10-31T18:29:22.128-04:002012-10-31T18:29:22.128-04:00Too many cases (and too many psychological studies...Too many cases (and too many psychological studies and test) show that memory -- and perhaps especially memory gained under stress -- is not reliable, certainly not when it comes to strangers.<br /><br />For that matter, if your attention is focused elsewhere, you entirely miss something that goes on elsewhere. For example, there's the famous hidden gorilla test, where a gorilla marches JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.com