Eyewitness testimony is very important in the court trials. It has been a subject of multiple research studies. Psychological studies find that eyewitness testimony is:

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14 March, 08:29

Eyewitness testimony is very important in the court trials. It has been a subject of multiple research studies. Psychological studies find that eyewitness testimony is:

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Coleman Mcmahon · Answer 1

Psychological studies has show that eyewitness testimony is more error prone (fallible) than one will suppose and may contain a lot of misinformation.

Explanation:

Eye witness testimony is simply defined as when one stands as a witness in court, police station and others as a witness to a crime that has occurred and he/she is called upon to give his/her account of the incidence/story.

Many do consider the testimony of an eye witness very seriously in convicting a crime but studies has shown that there are a lot of misinformation due to some psychological factors like stress, anxiety, reconstructive memory, leading question e. t. c.