(August 5, 2014 at 9:32 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(August 5, 2014 at 8:38 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: As anyone who has taken Psychology 101 knows, eyewitness testimony is some of the least-reliable evidence around.
Maybe so, but it's still admissible as evidence in any court.
Whether or not that's true, you have to bear in mind that submitting the evidence is just the first step. It goes on to be evaluated and tested. If it's found to be insufficient, or worse, completely erroneous, it gets discarded. That holds whether it's a courtroom context or otherwise.
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