For decades, eyewitness identification was considered the gold standard when it came to evidence used to gain a conviction. In the famous courtroom drama "12 Angry Men," rated by the American Bar ...

Dozens of people across California have been wrongly convicted of crimes largely because of law enforcement officers’ flawed handling of eyewitness evidence. Courts have found instances of ...

Eyewitness identification remains a pivotal yet complex facet of criminal investigations and legal proceedings. Research in this area spans from the cognitive processes underlying face recognition to ...

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 ...

In previous posts on this page and elsewhere (e.g., Sharps, 2022, 2024), we have seen that eyewitness memories of crimes and suspects can be altered after the fact as time goes by and as witnesses ...