"Eyewitness testimony is hugely influential in
criminal cases. And yet, brain research has shown again and again that
human memory is unreliable: Every time a memory is recalled it becomes
vulnerable to change. Confirming feedback .... seems to distort memories, making them feel more accurate with each recollection. Since the start of the Innocence Project 318 cases have been overturned thanks to DNA testing. Eyewitness mistakes played a part in nearly three-quarters of them."
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