Human factors of wrongful conviction: Eyewitness Identification

Dr. Jennifer Dysart explains how memory affects identification and how to prevent eyewitness misidentifications.

[michaelpettersson]

My hearing disability make me mishear things due to my brain automatically and subconsciously filling in the blanks so I understand this thing. People may say something and I actually hear something else. This is just how we function with limited information, we subconsciously guess so we do not even know that we got it wrong. And this isn't just in the now, we fill in the blanks of our memories as well, especially if preassured to recall them,

[applejelly]

random observation, is her left eye more dilated than the right? Why, camera angle and lighting?

[christopherjamesjames]

A guy a black guy .was convicted .the evidence .a woman saw him in the rear view travelling away at 30 miles an hour in the dark .WHAT

[christopherjamesjames]

They should be left alone .not have cops breathing down their necks .handling them