Editorial: Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable and police and lawmakers know it
by Los Angeles Times
May 09, 2018
2 minutes
Wrongful convictions plague California's criminal justice system, and pretty much all participants and observers agree on the leading cause: faulty testimony from eyewitnesses. Police line up the suspects or show photos to people who saw either the crime or the events that led up to or followed it, and urge the witnesses to help them close the case and put the criminal behind
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