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The Case of Junk Science - Eyewitness Testimony
📻 Episode #170
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Nov 11, 2020
About This Episode
Josh Dubin discusses Eyewitness Testimony with renowned psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, a professor at the University of California, Irvine. She studies human memory, specifically the malleability of memory, a huge factor in cases where eyewitness testimony is used as evidence.
The Case
Josh Dubin discusses Eyewitness Testimony with renowned psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, a professor at the University of California, Irvine. She studies human memory, specifically the malleability of memory, a huge factor in cases where eyewitness testimony is used as evidence.
It turns out that memories, just like other forms of evidence, can be manipulated, contaminated, and planted.
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00:03:46“Speaker 1: stop and take a deep breath, reminding yourself that being Speaker 1: a black man living with your white girlfriend isn't a crime. Speaker 1: At least it's not supposed to be not anymore. And Speaker 1: yet none of this seems to matter someone. Some cop Speaker 1: already had their eye on you for this very reason,”
00:16:24“Speaker 1: Elizabeth is currently a professor at the University of California, Irvine. Speaker 1: She studies human memory, specifically the malleability of memory, which Speaker 1: of course is a huge factor in cases where eyewitness Speaker 1: testimony is used as evidence. So, Elizabeth, can you tell Speaker 1: us about some of the experiments that you worked on”
00:28:11“Speaker 1: be more accurate. Speaker 2: First of all, one thing that is important when law Speaker 2: enforcement is conducting some kind of test, whether it's with Speaker 2: photographs or whether it's with a live lineup, how do Speaker 2: you conduct the test. What instruction do you give to”
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