Brenda Forrest, one of the jurors who convicted Troy Davis and sentenced him to death, told CNN that in 1991 she believed: “He was definitely guilty. All of the witnesses, they were able to I.D. him ...

In a previous Forensic View (Sharps, 2020), we discussed the fact that eyewitness memory is not a solid record of the past. Eyewitness memories, like other memories, change—memories become shorter, ...

Is it possible for someone to know something but not know that they know it? If so, how would such a person be distinguished from someone who knows something but lies about it when asked?

The "Eyewitness Identification Symposium," Friday, April 13 at Emory University School of Law will deconstruct the idea that the most convincing evidence comes from eyewitnesses. Sponsored by the ...

Professor Robert Weisberg discussed the NJ Supreme Court ruling on the reliability of eyewitness identification on KQED’s “Forum with Michael Krasny.” Last week, the New Jersey Supreme Court made it ...

The emergence of DNA evidence in the 1980s and its widespread adoption during the 1990s revolutionised forensic science. Suddenly, leaving a hair or some blood, saliva or semen at a crime scene was ...

Your California personal injury claim can be greatly influenced by witness testimony, and that witness testimony can come in various forms. Examples include eyewitness, expert witness and character ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that defendants can use expert witnesses to explain the potential flaws in eyewitness identification. This decision reversed a Boone County man's conviction for indecent ...