The Novel New Jersey Eyewitness Instruction Induces Skepticism but Not Sensitivity.

In recent decades, social scientists have shown that the reliability of eyewitness identifications is much worse than laypersons tend to believe. Although courts have only recently begun to react to this evidence, the New Jersey judiciary has reformed its jury instructions to notify jurors about the...

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Main Authors: Athan P Papailiou, David V Yokum, Christopher T Robertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4674112?pdf=render